BRISCOE MIDDLE

BRISCOE MIDDLE is a big junior high in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, operated by NORTHSIDE ISD. The school educates 1,263 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 96% bigger than the state mean of about 643.

Across the 128 schools in NORTHSIDE ISD (100,435 students total), BRISCOE MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BRISCOE MIDDLE logs that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 21% White, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting BRISCOE MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRISCOE MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.2%; this one delivers 55.6%.

In the area at large, Bexar County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), BRISCOE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

HOFFMANN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRISCOE MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRISCOE MIDDLE has climbed 3%, going from 1,222 students in 2018 to 1,263 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 26% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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