📍 1201 Lindsay St, Gainesville, Cooke County, 76240
Gainesville J H is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Gainesville, Cooke County. The school has 426 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Josh Kelly. It is part of the Gainesville Isd school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gainesville J H enrolls 426 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 4.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 278 | 65% |
| White | 110 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 4.5% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
303 of the school's 426 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 290 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gainesville J H is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 30, state house district 68.
Gainesville J H is one of 5 schools in GAINESVILLE ISD, based in GAINESVILLE, Texas. The district serves 3,111 students district-wide and employs 192 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 426 students, Gainesville J H is smaller than the district average of about 622 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant