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What's one thing BRISCOE MIDDLE gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,263
Middle
DISTRICT 903 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSIDE ISD·NCES 483312012413
Briscoe Middle School
4265 LONE STAR PKWY, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78253 · (210) 398-1100 · Bexar County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,263 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
309 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 401 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 440 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 422 | 33% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 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 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 28.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 47.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Briscoe Middle School
Briscoe Middle School's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briscoe Middle School this school | 1,263 | 24.5% | 55.4% |
| Folks Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,497 | 27.6% | 56.5% |
| Straus Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,363 | 34.3% | 48.8% |
| Dobie Junior High School CIBOLO | 1,231 | 28.4% | 54.0% |
| Hill Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,057 | 28.1% | 60.7% |
| Rawlinson Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,161 | 30.4% | 51.1% |
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 Briscoe Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #342 of 1,635 | #11 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #652 of 1,670 ▲ 2 | #20 of 84 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #416 of 1,670 ▼ 101 | #13 of 84 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #1,281 of 1,570 | #60 of 80 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,263 | #88 of 1,749 | #6 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,136 of 1,542 | #55 of 80 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #541 of 1,543 | #18 of 80 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.5% | #1,518 of 1,648 | #82 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #356 of 437 | #8 of 11 |
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
1,263
-327 (-21%) vs 2020
+57% since 2010-11, when it was 805
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 1,263 | 78.5 | 16.1:1 | 24% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 1,315 | 76.6 | 17.2:1 | 28% (374) |
| 2022-23 | 1,368 | 71.4 | 19.2:1 | 28% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 1,590 | 87 | 18.3:1 | 20% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 1,222 | 68 | 18.0:1 | 21% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 898 | 52 | 17.3:1 | 21% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | 46 | 17.5:1 | 28% (226) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Briscoe Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,222 to 1,263); teachers up 15% (68 to 78.5).
About Briscoe Middle School
Briscoe Middle School is a middle school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, according to federal school records. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 1,263 students. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 96% higher.
NORTHSIDE ISD, which runs Briscoe Middle School, has 127 schools and 100,208 students.
Roughly 59% of students at Briscoe Middle School are Hispanic. Other groups include 21% White, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 60% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Briscoe Middle School employs 78.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.1:1. This ratio sits 1.7 above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 24% in 2024-25. That is 39 points below the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Briscoe Middle School, the prediction is 63.2% and the result is 55.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bexar County show that the median household income is $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 638 public schools in Bexar County, enrolling about 368,487 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Hoffmann Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Briscoe Middle School. Its average proficiency rate of 55.4% is above the 53.5% average for nearby schools.
Briscoe Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 21% from 2020-21, when Briscoe Middle School had 1,590 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,263. The ratio was 18.3:1 in 2020-21 and 16.1:1 in 2024-25.
The Briscoe Middle School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 NORTHSIDE ISD
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 2,670 students
- Brandeis High SchoolHigh · 2,657 students
- Marshall High SchoolHigh · 2,634 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
- Hoffmann Elementary School0.3 mi · 754
- Brennan High School1.1 mi · 2,965
- Harmony School of Science- San Antonio1.1 mi · 602
- Mireles Elementary School1.3 mi · 789
- Basis San Antonio Pri - Jack Lewis Jr Campus1.7 mi · 605
- Basis San Antonio - Jack Lewis Jr Campus1.7 mi · 181
Frequently asked questions
About Briscoe Middle SchoolHow many students attend Briscoe Middle School?
Briscoe Middle School enrolls approximately 1,263 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Briscoe Middle School serve?
Briscoe Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Briscoe Middle School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Briscoe Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Briscoe Middle School?
Student demographics at Briscoe Middle School are roughly 21% White, 59% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Briscoe Middle School in?
Briscoe Middle School is part of NORTHSIDE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.