GOODNIGHT MIDDLE

Set in SAN MARCOS, Texas, GOODNIGHT MIDDLE is a mid-sized junior high, one of the schools within SAN MARCOS CISD. It teaches 884 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so GOODNIGHT MIDDLE sits 37% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 12 schools in SAN MARCOS CISD (8,222 students total), GOODNIGHT MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, GOODNIGHT MIDDLE lists that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 12% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Hays County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, GOODNIGHT MIDDLE lists 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Hays County's rate of about 46%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GOODNIGHT MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.2%; this one delivers 29.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Hays County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,097, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Hays County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students), GOODNIGHT MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

LAMAR - PHOENIX ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GOODNIGHT MIDDLE comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.6%.

GOODNIGHT MIDDLE operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GOODNIGHT MIDDLE has shrank 12%, going from 1,005 students in 2018 to 884 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 78% to 83% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for GOODNIGHT MIDDLE typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.