DRISCOLL MIDDLE

As a modestly sized middle-grades school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, DRISCOLL MIDDLE caters to 535 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by NORTH EAST ISD.

Across the 75 schools in NORTH EAST ISD (56,420 students total), DRISCOLL MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, DRISCOLL MIDDLE shows that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 23% White, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, DRISCOLL MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bexar County shows median household earnings sit near $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which DRISCOLL MIDDLE is one.

REDLAND OAKS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DRISCOLL MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DRISCOLL MIDDLE at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 32%: 791 students in 2018 compared to 535 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 59% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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