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DAVIS MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DAVIS MIDDLE
DAVIS MIDDLE is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, part of SAN ANTONIO ISD. The school caters to 314 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 51% below typical.
SAN ANTONIO ISD runs 100 schools in total, collectively educating 47,623 students. DAVIS MIDDLE is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, DAVIS MIDDLE shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%; the rest breaks down as 26% Black, 4% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DAVIS MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.5%, the actual is 19.2%, a residual of -12.2 points.
In the area at large, Bexar County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DAVIS MIDDLE is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
DAVIS COLLEGE PREP MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DAVIS MIDDLE comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 26.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Looking at the recent track record. DAVIS MIDDLE's enrollment has edged down 56% since 2018, when it stood at 718 (now 314). Black enrollment moved from 34% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.
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