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If you had an hour of school board time for DAVIS MIDDLE, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
314
Middle
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN ANTONIO ISD·NCES 483873004341
Davis Middle School
4702 E HOUSTON ST, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78220 · (210) 978-7920 · Bexar County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
305 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 7 | 146 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 168 | 54% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
32.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 23.0% | 32.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 28.0% | 35.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 32.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 15.0% | 7.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 6.0% |
% 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
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Davis Middle School
Davis Middle School's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Middle School this school | 314 | 97.1% | 22.0% |
| Thomas J Rusk Middle School DALLAS | 373 | 94.1% | 32.2% |
| McReynolds Middle School HOUSTON | 297 | 98.0% | 34.4% |
| KIPP Polaris Academy for Boys HOUSTON | 341 | 97.4% | 30.2% |
| KIPP Voyage Academy for Girls HOUSTON | 368 | 93.2% | 27.3% |
| West Dallas Junior High School DALLAS | 353 | 97.5% | 23.1% |
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 Davis Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,574 of 1,635 | #74 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #872 of 1,670 ▲ 600 | #25 of 84 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,628 of 1,670 ▼ 36 | #79 of 84 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.0pp | #324 of 1,570 | #7 of 80 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #1,381 of 1,749 | #77 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #442 of 1,542 | #15 of 80 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #950 of 1,543 | #30 of 80 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #63 of 1,648 | #4 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -56.3% | #8 of 942 | #4 of 60 |
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
314
-307 (-49%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 858
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 314 | 23.5 | 13.4:1 | 97% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 33.1 | 13.4:1 | 96% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 34.9 | 15.6:1 | 96% (524) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 39 | 15.9:1 | 98% (607) |
| 2017-18 | 718 | 43.4 | 16.6:1 | 96% (692) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 95% (530) |
| 2010-11 | 672 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 43% (292) |
| 2000-01 | 1,197 | 60 | 19.9:1 | 80% (954) |
| 1990-91 | 858 | 49 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davis Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 56% (718 to 314); teachers down 46% (43.4 to 23.5).
About Davis Middle School
Davis Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school located in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. A federal count lists 314 students at the school, in grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Texas) has about 643 students.
Davis Middle School sits within SAN ANTONIO ISD, which has 100 schools and 47,623 students.
At Davis Middle School, Hispanic students make up 67% of the student body. The next largest groups are 26% Black and 4% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 23.5 full-time equivalents, or about 13.4 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.0 below the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 97%. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County, the school's rate is higher.
Davis Middle School is 10.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (22.0% versus 32.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In Bexar County (population about 2,067,341), the median household income is $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Davis Middle School is one of 638 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Davis Middle School is Davis College Prep Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Davis Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 25.7%, higher than Davis Middle School's 22.0%.
Locale data from NCES put Davis Middle School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
The 2020-21 count was 621 students and the 2024-25 count was 314. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2020-21 to 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 SAN ANTONIO ISD
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,706 students
- Lanier High SchoolHigh · 1,620 students
- Brackenridge High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Highlands High SchoolHigh · 1,478 students
- Burbank High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 1,360 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
Other Davis Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Davis Middle. Davis Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Davis MiddleCompton, CA · 520 students
- Davis Middle SchoolHILLSDALE, MI · 366 students
- Davis Middle SchoolEvanston, WY · 309 students
- Davis Middle SchoolDavis, OK · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Davis College Prep Middle School0.0 mi · 126
- Houston High School0.1 mi · 800
- Southwest Preparatory Southeast Campus0.4 mi · 172
- IDEA Najim College Preparatory0.6 mi · 474
- IDEA Najim Academy0.6 mi · 540
- Essence Preparatory Charter School0.7 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About Davis Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Davis Middle School?
Davis Middle School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Davis Middle School serve?
Davis Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Davis Middle School have?
Davis Middle School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Davis Middle School?
Student demographics at Davis Middle School are roughly 2% White, 67% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Davis Middle School in?
Davis Middle School is part of SAN ANTONIO ISD.
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