FOLKS MIDDLE

Located at 9855 SWAYBACK RANCH, in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, FOLKS MIDDLE is a heavily attended intermediate school that hosts 1,497 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so FOLKS MIDDLE sits 133% above that benchmark.

FOLKS MIDDLE is one of 128 schools operated by NORTHSIDE ISD, a district that educates 100,435 students overall.

In terms of who attends, FOLKS MIDDLE lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 22% White, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian. Compared to Bexar County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school reports having 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FOLKS MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bexar County put median household earnings sit near $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), FOLKS MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TOMLINSON EL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FOLKS MIDDLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FOLKS MIDDLE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 49.8%.

FOLKS MIDDLE operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. FOLKS MIDDLE's enrollment has climbed 24% since 2018, when it stood at 1,212 (now 1,497).

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