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HARLANDALE MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HARLANDALE MIDDLE
HARLANDALE MIDDLE operates as a mid-sized middle school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, part of HARLANDALE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 732 students spanning grades 6 through 8.
Within HARLANDALE ISD, which oversees 21 schools and 11,564 students, HARLANDALE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
Demographically, HARLANDALE MIDDLE lists that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, HARLANDALE MIDDLE lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting HARLANDALE MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
With demographic context factored in, HARLANDALE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.7%.
In the surrounding community, Bexar County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. HARLANDALE MIDDLE is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
The closest other public school is HARLANDALE H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARLANDALE MIDDLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HARLANDALE MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 33.6%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HARLANDALE MIDDLE has decreased 12%, going from 831 students in 2018 to 732 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Bexar County at a glance
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