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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the A LEAL JR MIDDLE administration to hear?
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Enrollment
499
Middle
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLANDALE ISD·NCES 482247002251
A Leal Jr Middle School
743 W SOUTHCROSS BLVD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78211 · (210) 989-2400 · Bexar County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Texas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
463 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 158 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 163 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 178 | 36% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 28.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 23.0% | 32.0% | 36.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 42.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like A Leal Jr Middle School
A Leal Jr Middle School's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Leal Jr Middle School this school | 499 | 92.8% | 34.4% |
| Valley View Junior High School PHARR | 516 | 93.2% | 47.5% |
| Jackson Intermediate School PASADENA | 527 | 93.0% | 38.3% |
| Miller Jordan Middle School SAN BENITO | 477 | 94.5% | 29.2% |
| Ramiro Barrera Middle School RIO GRANDE CITY | 564 | 93.3% | 40.6% |
| Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School LA JOYA | 545 | 91.0% | 41.4% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where A Leal Jr Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #1,205 of 1,635 | #45 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,290 of 1,670 ▼ 104 | #46 of 84 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,397 of 1,670 ▼ 203 | #56 of 84 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #674 of 1,570 | #20 of 80 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #1,097 of 1,749 | #62 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #27 of 1,542 | #1 of 80 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.2% | #1,470 of 1,543 | #80 of 80 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #171 of 1,648 | #14 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.3% | #53 of 942 | #10 of 60 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
499
-193 (-28%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 499 | 48.2 | 10.3:1 | 93% (463) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 49.4 | 11.6:1 | 93% (533) |
| 2022-23 | 629 | 49.1 | 12.8:1 | 90% (565) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 62 | 11.2:1 | 84% (580) |
| 2017-18 | 822 | 59.2 | 13.9:1 | 91% (750) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | 63 | 12.8:1 | 80% (644) |
| 2010-11 | 764 | 53 | 14.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 800 | 55 | 14.6:1 | 57% (453) |
| 1990-91 | 785 | 55 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for A Leal Jr Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (822 to 499); teachers down 19% (59.2 to 48.2).
About A Leal Jr Middle School
A Leal Jr Middle School is a middle school with a street address in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The school counted 499 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 22% below the average for middle schools in Texas.
HARLANDALE ISD has 21 schools; together they serve 11,564 students.
The share of Hispanic students at A Leal Jr Middle School is 98%. Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, A Leal Jr Middle School scores 3%.
A Leal Jr Middle School has 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1. At A Leal Jr Middle School, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County.
A Leal Jr Middle School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of Texas public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 34.1%.
Census data for Bexar County show median household income comes to about $72,341, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 638 public schools and about 368,487 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Collier Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, A Leal Jr Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school shrank from 692 students in 2020-21 to 499 in 2024-25.
This community page is for conversations about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARLANDALE ISD
- Harlandale High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- McCollum High SchoolHigh · 1,502 students
- Harlandale Middle SchoolMiddle · 732 students
- V M Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 732 students
- H W Schulze Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
- Stonewall/Flanders Elementary SchoolElementary · 691 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- Collier Elementary School0.2 mi · 485
- Stonewall/Flanders Elementary School0.3 mi · 691
- Prelude Preparatory Charter School1.0 mi · 162
- V M Adams Elementary School1.2 mi · 732
- Charles Graebner Elementary School1.2 mi · 651
- Texans Can Academy - San Antonio1.2 mi · 72
Frequently asked questions
About A Leal Jr Middle SchoolHow many students attend A Leal Jr Middle School?
A Leal Jr Middle School enrolls approximately 499 students in grades 06-08.
Is A Leal Jr Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
A Leal Jr Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at A Leal Jr Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at A Leal Jr Middle School is approximately 10.3:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is A Leal Jr Middle School?
A Leal Jr Middle School reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees A Leal Jr Middle School?
A Leal Jr Middle School is overseen by HARLANDALE ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.