DWIGHT MIDDLE

DWIGHT MIDDLE operates as a close-knit middle-grades school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, operated by SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 409 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 643.

SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,987 students. DWIGHT MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, DWIGHT MIDDLE reports that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, DWIGHT MIDDLE has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 90% of students at DWIGHT MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, DWIGHT MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.5%; this one delivers 28.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bexar County) records that median household earnings sit near $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), DWIGHT MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PRICE EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DWIGHT MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 37%: 647 students in 2018 compared to 409 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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