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If you had an hour of school board time for GOODNIGHT MIDDLE, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
884
Middle
DISTRICT 890 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN MARCOS CISD·NCES 483897004450
Goodnight Middle School
1301 HWY 123, SAN MARCOS, TX 78666 · (512) 393-6550 · Hays County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL884 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
723 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 6 | 321 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 284 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 279 | 32% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 21.0% | 29.0% | 42.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 15.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Goodnight Middle School
Goodnight Middle School's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodnight Middle School this school | 884 | 81.8% | 32.2% |
| Bowie Middle School ODESSA | 874 | 84.3% | 30.7% |
| Bonham Middle School ODESSA | 835 | 83.8% | 29.3% |
| Haltom Middle School HALTOM CITY | 909 | 81.4% | 32.2% |
| Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School IRVING | 832 | 81.6% | 40.6% |
| Ross Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 828 | 84.4% | 31.5% |
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 Goodnight Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hays County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #1,312 of 1,635 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,411 of 1,670 ▼ 5 | #11 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,464 of 1,670 ▼ 139 | #11 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,001 of 1,570 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 884 | #431 of 1,749 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #951 of 1,542 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.2% | #1,210 of 1,543 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #471 of 1,648 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #565 of 942 | N/A |
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
884
-95 (-10%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 840
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 884 | 57.6 | 15.3:1 | 82% (723) |
| 2023-24 | 867 | 64.1 | 13.5:1 | 81% (702) |
| 2022-23 | 866 | 62.7 | 13.8:1 | 85% (738) |
| 2020-21 | 979 | 63 | 15.5:1 | 80% (787) |
| 2017-18 | 1,005 | 66.1 | 15.2:1 | 73% (732) |
| 2015-16 | 1,000 | 70 | 14.3:1 | 74% (742) |
| 2010-11 | 930 | 70 | 13.3:1 | 67% (619) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 49 | 11.8:1 | 54% (312) |
| 1990-91 | 840 | 55 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goodnight Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,005 to 884); teachers down 13% (66.1 to 57.6).
About Goodnight Middle School
Goodnight Middle School is one of the public schools in SAN MARCOS, Texas. It is a mid-sized middle-grades school. It had 884 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Texas have about 643 students on average; enrollment here is 37% higher.
SAN MARCOS CISD has 8,222 students spread across 12 schools.
Goodnight Middle School is 83% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 12% White and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Hays County's population at about 39%. The diversity index for Goodnight Middle School is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 57.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. Statewide, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 82% of the student body. Public schools in Hays County average 46%.
Among Texas public middle schools, Goodnight Middle School outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 38.8% for a school in Texas with Goodnight Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Goodnight Middle School posts 32.2%.
The county, Hays County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $89,097, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Hays County has 63 public schools with about 46,946 students, including Goodnight Middle School.
Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Goodnight Middle School is 5th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count decreased 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The discussion board for Goodnight Middle School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Hays County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,638
Census ACS
Median income
$89,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
46,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAN MARCOS CISD
- San Marcos High SchoolHigh · 2,371 students
- Miller Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
- Dezavala Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Hernandez Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- Mendez Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
Other schools in SAN MARCOS
- San Marcos High SchoolHigh · 2,371 students
- Miller Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
- Blanco Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 787 students
- Dezavala Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Hernandez Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
Nearby schools
- Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education0.2 mi · 55
- Bonham Pre-K School0.2 mi · 380
- Dezavala Elementary School0.2 mi · 584
- Mendez Elementary School0.7 mi · 533
- Hays Inspire Academy1.9 mi · 24
- Hernandez Elementary School1.9 mi · 577
Frequently asked questions
About Goodnight Middle SchoolHow large is Goodnight Middle School?
Goodnight Middle School enrolls approximately 884 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Goodnight Middle School serve?
Goodnight Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Goodnight Middle School have?
Goodnight Middle School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Goodnight Middle School?
Student demographics at Goodnight Middle School are roughly 12% White, 83% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Goodnight Middle School in?
Goodnight Middle School is part of SAN MARCOS CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.