📍 307 S Lovers Ln, Gatesville, Coryell County, 76528
Gatesville J H is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Gatesville, Coryell County. The school has 428 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Susan Penrod. It is part of the Gatesville Isd school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Gatesville J H enrolls 428 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 23% Hispanic or Latino and 5.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 290 | 68% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 99 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 5.4% |
| Black or African American | 13 | 3% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
238 of the school's 428 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 214 qualify for free lunch and 24 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gatesville 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 24, state house district 59.
Gatesville J H is one of 5 schools in GATESVILLE ISD, based in GATESVILLE, Texas. The district serves 2,668 students district-wide and employs 189 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 428 students, Gatesville J H is smaller than the district average of about 534 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant