BERNAL MIDDLE

Set in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, BERNAL MIDDLE is a substantial middle-grades school, operated by NORTHSIDE ISD. It serves 1,617 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so BERNAL MIDDLE sits 151% above that benchmark.

NORTHSIDE ISD runs 128 schools in total, collectively educating 100,435 students. BERNAL MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BERNAL MIDDLE records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment; the rest looks like 18% White, 13% Black, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BERNAL MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Bexar County put the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which BERNAL MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: LANGLEY EL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BERNAL MIDDLE comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.3%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 80%: 896 students in 2018 compared to 1,617 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 27% to 18% across the same window.

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