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What's one thing CHURCH HILL MIDDLE gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
780
Middle
DISTRICT 881 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMAL ISD·NCES 481473011552
Church Hill Middle School
1275 N BUSINESS 35, NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78130 · (830) 221-2800 · Comal County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL780 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Texas public middle schools
- A-Test 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
15.6:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
221 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 268 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 241 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 271 | 35% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 42.0% | 28.0% | 18.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Church Hill Middle School
Church Hill Middle School's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church Hill Middle School this school | 780 | 28.3% | 60.2% |
| La Vernia Junior High School LA VERNIA | 814 | 26.7% | 54.1% |
| Lubbock-Cooper Middle School LUBBOCK | 901 | 31.3% | 51.5% |
| West Plains Junior High School AMARILLO | 630 | 28.1% | 61.0% |
| O Henry Middle School AUSTIN | 686 | 29.7% | 52.5% |
| Boerne Middle North BOERNE | 863 | 24.0% | 63.7% |
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 Church Hill Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Comal County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #243 of 1,635 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #317 of 1,670 ▼ 57 | #3 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #279 of 1,670 ▲ 81 | #3 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #578 of 1,570 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 780 | #598 of 1,749 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #1,016 of 1,542 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #773 of 1,543 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #1,468 of 1,648 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #208 of 942 | N/A |
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
780
-42 (-5%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 731
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 780 | 49.9 | 15.6:1 | 28% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 50.2 | 15.0:1 | 30% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 748 | 51.8 | 14.4:1 | 29% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 822 | 52 | 15.8:1 | 30% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 1,053 | 61.1 | 17.3:1 | 30% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 918 | 57 | 16.1:1 | 31% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 731 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 31% (227) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Church Hill Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (1,053 to 780); teachers down 18% (61.1 to 49.9).
About Church Hill Middle School
Church Hill Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school located in NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 780 students. By comparison, middle schools in Texas enroll about 643 students on average.
Church Hill Middle School reports to COMAL ISD, which has 37 schools and 29,839 students.
White students are 57% of those enrolled at Church Hill Middle School. The rest of enrollment is 37% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Comal County's population at about 71%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1. The school reported 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Church Hill Middle School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of Texas public middle schools.
Church Hill Middle School is 1.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (60.2% versus 61.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
The county, Comal County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $101,889, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 49, with about 29,653 students.
Comal Discipline Center, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Church Hill Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Church Hill Middle School places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 822 students in 2020-21 to 780 in 2024-25.
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Comal County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,826
Census ACS
Median income
$101,889
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
29,653 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COMAL ISD
- Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Smithson Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,098 students
- Pieper High SchoolHigh · 2,093 students
- Canyon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,251 students
- Davenport High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- Johnson Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,185 students
Other schools in NEW BRAUNFELS
- Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- New Braunfels High SchoolHigh · 1,990 students
- New Braunfels Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- Canyon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,251 students
- Oakrun Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Veramendi Elementary SchoolElementary · 935 students
Other Church Hill Middle schools
One other US public school is named Church Hill Middle. Church Hill Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Church Hill MiddleChurch Hill, TN · 741 students
Nearby schools
- Comal Discipline Center0.2 mi · 47
- Comal Academy0.2 mi · 76
- Memorial Early College High School0.2 mi · 291
- Goodwin Frazier Elementary School0.3 mi · 662
- Canyon High School0.6 mi · 2,414
- Freiheit Elementary School1.1 mi · 662
Frequently asked questions
About Church Hill Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Church Hill Middle School?
Church Hill Middle School enrolls approximately 780 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Church Hill Middle School serve?
Church Hill Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Church Hill Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Church Hill Middle School is approximately 15.6:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Church Hill Middle School?
At Church Hill Middle School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 37% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Church Hill Middle School?
Church Hill Middle School is overseen by COMAL ISD in Comal County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.