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HARRIS MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 HARRIS MIDDLE
HARRIS MIDDLE is one of the medium-sized middle-grades schools in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, operated by NORTH EAST ISD, with 903 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 40% larger than typical.
Across the 75 schools in NORTH EAST ISD (56,420 students total), HARRIS MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, HARRIS MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 23% White, 8% Black, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HARRIS MIDDLE has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting HARRIS MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, HARRIS MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.4%.
Around the school, Bexar County reports that median household income runs about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), HARRIS MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: STEUBING RANCH EL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HARRIS MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 1,087 students in 2018 compared to 903 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.
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Bexar County at a glance
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