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DANVILLE MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 49 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
About DANVILLE MIDDLE
Located at 370 HUBERTUS RD, in NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, DANVILLE MIDDLE is a mid-tier intermediate school that instructs 921 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within COMAL ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 43% above the state mean of about 643.
DANVILLE MIDDLE is one of 37 schools operated by COMAL ISD, a district that enrolls 29,839 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, DANVILLE MIDDLE shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 43% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Comal County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, DANVILLE MIDDLE shows 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 37% of students at DANVILLE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DANVILLE MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.9%; this one delivers 56.5%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Comal County) reports that median household earnings sit near $101,889, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Comal County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,653 students), DANVILLE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: COMAL CREEK EL, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DANVILLE MIDDLE at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 45.3%.
DANVILLE MIDDLE operates from a rural location.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for DANVILLE MIDDLE typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Comal County at a glance
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