Union Grove J H

Union Grove Junior High is a 7th-and-8th-grade public school in Gladewater, Texas, serving 120 students. With a student-teacher ratio of 12.0 to 1, classes stay small — a structural advantage that carries real weight at the middle school level, when academic demands accelerate and individual attention matters more. The school earns a composite score of 9.3 out of 10, rated Exceptional.

Academic performance comes in at 9.2 and growth at 9.4 — meaning students don't just test well, they improve year over year. Growth is the harder metric to produce consistently, and Union Grove delivers on both. The context makes these numbers stand out sharply.

Union Grove ranks 59th out of 8,547 public schools in Texas, outperforming 99% of the state. Among Texas middle schools alone, it places 12th out of 1,693 — a top-1% result in a state with one of the largest school populations in the country. It also holds the top spot among all nine Gladewater schools.

For families weighing their options, the performance gap between Union Grove and a typical Texas middle school is not close.

With an enrollment of 120 students, Union Grove J H is a smaller school where families often find a close-knit community atmosphere. Smaller settings can mean more individual attention from teachers and staff, though they may offer fewer extracurricular options than larger schools.