T H McDonald J H

Summary:

T H McDonald J H is a public middle school located in Katy, Texas, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 1,059 students. The school is part of the Katy Independent School District, which is ranked 158 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

T H McDonald J H has a more diverse student population compared to some of the nearby schools, with a higher percentage of Hispanic (52.12%) and African American (27.1%) students, while the percentage of White students (11.9%) is lower than schools like Katy J H and West Memorial J H. Academically, the school's performance on STAAR tests is generally lower than the district and state averages, particularly in mathematics, where proficiency rates range from 17.6% to 32.46%, compared to the district's 34.46% to 65.69% and the state's 31.89% to 40.23%. However, the school's Gifted and Talented students consistently perform well, ranking in the top 5% of Texas middle schools.

T H McDonald J H faces some socioeconomic challenges, with a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 63.52% to 74.5% over the past few years. This is significantly higher than the nearby schools, which have rates ranging from 53.02% to 84.47%. While the school's overall academic performance is below average compared to the district and state, its consistent low dropout rates and strong performance in Gifted and Talented programs suggest that there may be opportunities for improvement, particularly in addressing the needs of underperforming subgroups and improving overall mathematics proficiency.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 3635 Lakes Of Bridgewater Dr
       Katy, TX  77449-3859


(281) 237-5300

District: Katy Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1081st of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,116 Help


Feeder schools for T H McDonald J H:

Elementary:    Loraine T Golbow Elementary
    McRoberts Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  12.9 Help
Number of students:  1,007

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
51.2%
African American:
27.6%
White:
11.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  73.2% Help


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Compare Details T H McDonald J H ranks better than 54.2% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 13th among 17 ranked middle schools in the Katy Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 49.51. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (51.2%), African American (27.6%), White (11.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 73.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at T H McDonald J H is 12.9, which is the 4th best among 17 middle schools in the Katy Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at T H McDonald J H is $10,116, which is the 5th highest among 17 middle schools in the Katy Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

T H McDonald J H:

SchoolDigger ranks T H McDonald J H 1081st of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See T H McDonald J H in the ranking list.)

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Katy Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Katy Independent School District (Isd) 158th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for T H McDonald J H

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Rank History for all students at T H McDonald J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 64.87 530th 1573 66.3%
2005 73.19 338th 1582 78.6%
2006 65.41 526th 1585 66.8%
2007 67.75 496th 1684 70.5%
2008 69.26 434th 1718 74.7%
2009 68.89 453rd 1763 74.3%
2010 72.64 315th 1803 82.5%
2011 69.55 437th 1895 76.9%
2012 70.56 481st 1951 75.3%
2013 61.41 724th 1973 63.3%
2014 63.44 698th 1987 64.9%
2015 54.14 970th 2043 52.5%
2016 50.91 1040th 1987 47.7%
2017 49.15 906th 2027 55.3%
2018 60.93 637th 2080 69.4%
2019 65.98 567th 2193 74.1%
2021 69.77 509th 2252 77.4%
2022 50.85 991st 2254 56.0%
2023 52.98 989th 2330 57.6%
2024 49.51 1081st 2361 54.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at T H McDonald J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 49.25 359th 753 52.3%
2021 59.82 235th 743 68.4%
2022 56.54 308th 813 62.1%
2023 45.45 440th 817 46.1%
2024 35.18 538th 812 33.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at T H McDonald J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.28 580th 1376 57.8%
2019 49.18 584th 1445 59.6%
2021 72.58 195th 1592 87.8%
2022 54.33 539th 1643 67.2%
2023 49.07 752nd 1720 56.3%
2024 60.67 483rd 1760 72.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at T H McDonald J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.14 457th 1597 71.4%
2019 71.50 208th 1626 87.2%
2021 63.06 339th 1712 80.2%
2022 50.38 643rd 1757 63.4%
2023 44.86 834th 1815 54.0%
2024 37.90 1221st 1881 35.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at T H McDonald J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.84 436th 2039 78.6%
2019 70.36 376th 2073 81.9%
2021 74.88 285th 2172 86.9%
2022 56.55 761st 2220 65.7%
2023 59.37 726th 2251 67.7%
2024 57.48 753rd 2224 66.1%
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Rank History for Female students at T H McDonald J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.52 604th 2008 69.9%
2019 64.26 587th 2047 71.3%
2021 66.13 572nd 2151 73.4%
2022 50.61 996th 2221 55.2%
2023 55.11 891st 2241 60.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at T H McDonald J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.70 280th 1430 80.4%
2019 75.39 230th 1446 84.1%
2021 81.13 139th 1501 90.7%
2022 73.50 319th 1488 78.6%
2023 78.82 108th 1481 92.7%
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Rank History for At Risk students at T H McDonald J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.57 653rd 2008 67.5%
2019 63.83 448th 2058 78.2%
2021 67.95 366th 2118 82.7%
2022 43.42 1133rd 2182 48.1%
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Rank History for Male students at T H McDonald J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.77 717th 2030 64.7%
2019 64.77 566th 2069 72.6%
2021 71.96 441st 2168 79.7%
2022 49.47 1022nd 2228 54.1%
2023 50.00 1036th 2245 53.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at T H McDonald J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.76 277th 587 52.8%
2019 63.90 211th 594 64.5%
2021 69.89 146th 589 75.2%
2022 62.97 226th 606 62.7%
2023 43.46 415th 616 32.6%
2024 53.07 325th 612 46.9%
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Rank History for African American students at T H McDonald J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.58 221st 1167 81.1%
2019 74.39 211th 1193 82.3%
2021 81.24 128th 1213 89.4%
2022 56.72 396th 1251 68.3%
2023 66.04 317th 1273 75.1%
2024 61.63 357th 1271 71.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at T H McDonald J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.92 485th 1895 74.4%
2019 66.44 450th 1935 76.7%
2021 74.14 322nd 2043 84.2%
2022 53.57 813th 2077 60.9%
2023 52.83 874th 2116 58.7%
2024 45.88 1050th 2108 50.2%
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Rank History for White students at T H McDonald J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.01 688th 1673 58.9%
2019 62.42 555th 1684 67.0%
2021 65.11 473rd 1700 72.2%
2022 44.54 981st 1723 43.1%
2023 61.66 600th 1749 65.7%
2024 45.36 947th 1724 45.1%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for T H McDonald J H

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1992 730 82 34 170 0 n/a n/a 0 1016
1993 863 82 40 201 1 n/a n/a 0 1187
1994 925 82 49 207 4 n/a n/a 0 1267
1995 922 87 43 226 1 n/a n/a 0 1279
1996 922 87 43 226 1 n/a n/a 0 1279
1997 984 104 38 254 2 n/a n/a 0 1382
1998 913 89 32 249 0 n/a n/a 0 1283
1999 858 101 34 279 1 n/a n/a 0 1273
2000 852 133 46 305 2 n/a n/a 0 1338
2001 868 169 65 386 4 n/a n/a 0 1492
2002 608 177 68 471 4 n/a n/a 0 1328
2003 608 177 68 471 4 n/a n/a 0 1328
2004 392 143 44 262 4 n/a n/a 0 845
2005 405 182 66 394 3 n/a n/a 0 1050
2006 387 229 76 490 2 n/a n/a 0 1184
2007 334 264 72 599 3 n/a n/a 0 1272
2008 296 269 82 608 3 n/a n/a 0 1258
2009 165 179 41 438 5 n/a n/a 0 828
2010 185 200 50 463 4 n/a n/a 0 902
2011 171 195 41 510 2 1 29 0 949
2012 158 199 45 489 1 1 30 0 923
2013 156 188 45 501 3 0 19 0 912
2014 151 199 55 540 4 1 23 0 973
2015 166 200 64 587 4 3 17 0 1041
2016 165 234 59 578 4 3 18 0 1061
2017 180 264 69 606 7 0 18 0 1144
2018 133 228 55 494 3 0 15 0 928
2019 123 219 47 494 4 0 15 0 902
2020 121 222 44 496 3 0 24 0 910
2021 124 256 42 525 4 1 24 0 976
2022 137 258 52 552 6 1 26 0 1032
2023 126 287 66 552 6 0 22 0 1059
2024 115 278 71 516 3 1 23 0 1007

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at T H McDonald J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 1016 35.5 28.6 8.2
1993 1187 60.0 19.8 16.5
1994 1267 66.9 18.9 12
1995 1279 74.4 17.2 11.7
1996 1279 74.4 17.2 11.7
1997 1382 78.0 17.7 11.1
1998 1283 75.4 17.0 11.2
1999 1273 76.5 16.6 18
2000 1338 79.3 16.9 18
2001 1492 93.4 16.0 19
2002 1328 91.1 14.6 29.4
2003 1328 91.1 14.6 29.4
2004 845 62.7 13.5 26.2
2005 1050 65.3 16.1 34.6
2006 1184 76.7 15.4 42
2007 1272 84.7 15.0 46.9
2008 1258 85.1 14.8 52.6
2009 828 67.7 12.2 59.5
2010 902 69.3 13.0 59.6
2011 949 63.0 15.0 58.8
2012 923 64.9 14.2 63.9
2013 912 64.4 14.1 63
2014 973 62.7 15.5 62
2015 1041 65.0 16.0 63
2016 1061 70.0 15.1 60.6
2017 1144 72.9 15.6 60.4
2018 928 64.9 14.2 59.1
2019 902 66.0 13.6 65.5
2020 910 64.0 14.2 64.1
2021 976 65.5 14.8 63.5
2022 1032 72.1 14.2 71.7
2023 1059 67.9 15.5 74.5
2024 1007 77.8 12.9 73.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio T H McDonald J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 1016 35.5 28.6 8.2
1993 1187 60.0 19.8 16.5
1994 1267 66.9 18.9 12
1995 1279 74.4 17.2 11.7
1996 1279 74.4 17.2 11.7
1997 1382 78.0 17.7 11.1
1998 1283 75.4 17.0 11.2
1999 1273 76.5 16.6 18
2000 1338 79.3 16.9 18
2001 1492 93.4 16.0 19
2002 1328 91.1 14.6 29.4
2003 1328 91.1 14.6 29.4
2004 845 62.7 13.5 26.2
2005 1050 65.3 16.1 34.6
2006 1184 76.7 15.4 42
2007 1272 84.7 15.0 46.9
2008 1258 85.1 14.8 52.6
2009 828 67.7 12.2 59.5
2010 902 69.3 13.0 59.6
2011 949 63.0 15.0 58.8
2012 923 64.9 14.2 63.9
2013 912 64.4 14.1 63
2014 973 62.7 15.5 62
2015 1041 65.0 16.0 63
2016 1061 70.0 15.1 60.6
2017 1144 72.9 15.6 60.4
2018 928 64.9 14.2 59.1
2019 902 66.0 13.6 65.5
2020 910 64.0 14.2 64.1
2021 976 65.5 14.8 63.5
2022 1032 72.1 14.2 71.7
2023 1059 67.9 15.5 74.5
2024 1007 77.8 12.9 73.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for T H McDonald J H

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $671 (6.5%) $9,619 (93.5%) $10,290
2020 $572 (4.6%) $11,838 (95.4%) $12,409
2021 $317 (3.1%) $9,799 (96.9%) $10,116

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on T H McDonald J H

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 567th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 989th of 2330 Middle schools
 16.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (T H McDonald J H)4442
 2%
   6th Grade Reading (Katy Independent School District (Isd))5470
 16%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (T H McDonald J H)4738
 9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Katy Independent School District (Isd))6562
 3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (T H McDonald J H)4859
 11%
   7th Grade Reading (Katy Independent School District (Isd))6973
 4%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (T H McDonald J H)3021
 9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Katy Independent School District (Isd))4440
 4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (T H McDonald J H)5767
 10%
   8th Grade Reading (Katy Independent School District (Isd))7274
 2%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (T H McDonald J H)7341
 32%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Katy Independent School District (Isd))7972
 7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (T H McDonald J H)5645
 11%
   8th Grade Science (Katy Independent School District (Isd))7271
 1%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (T H McDonald J H)3832
 6%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Katy Independent School District (Isd))5958
 1%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (T H McDonald J H)9795
 2%
   End of Course Algebra I (Katy Independent School District (Isd))8168
 13%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students9021059
 17.4%
African American219287
 31.1%
American Indian46
 50%
Asian4766
 40.4%
Hispanic494552
 11.7%
Pacific Islander00
White123126
 2.4%
Two or More Races1522
 46.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients65.5%74.5%
 9%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 1,007 students attended T H McDonald J H.

T H McDonald J H ranks 1081st of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at T H McDonald J H are 51% Hispanic, 28% African American, 11% White, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more races.


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