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If you had an hour of school board time for HENRY METZGER MIDDLE, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
991
Middle
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUDSON ISD·NCES 482499010446
Henry Metzger Middle School
7475 BINZ ENGLEMAN RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78244 · (210) 662-2210 · Bexar County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL991 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- DThree-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
17.6:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
778 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 337 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 340 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 314 | 32% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
11.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 25.0% | 30.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 2.0% | 9.0% | 28.0% | 61.0% |
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 | 37.0% | 11.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Henry Metzger Middle School
Henry Metzger Middle School's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Metzger Middle School this school | 991 | 78.5% | 28.5% |
| Tennyson Middle School WACO | 963 | 81.9% | 35.0% |
| Twin Creeks Middle School SPRING | 848 | 81.1% | 33.6% |
| Michael R Null Middle School HOUSTON | 1,050 | 82.5% | 29.7% |
| Mayde Creek Junior High School HOUSTON | 1,214 | 76.1% | 42.4% |
| McMichael Middle School NACOGDOCHES | 1,275 | 81.6% | 30.5% |
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 Henry Metzger Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #1,436 of 1,635 | #59 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #1,663 of 1,670 ▼ 7 | #83 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,538 of 1,670 ▼ 187 | #70 of 84 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #1,278 of 1,570 | #59 of 80 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 991 | #292 of 1,749 | #24 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,388 of 1,542 | #71 of 80 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #538 of 1,543 | #17 of 80 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #552 of 1,648 | #42 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #413 of 437 | #10 of 11 |
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
991
-19 (-2%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 895
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 991 | 56.3 | 17.6:1 | 79% (778) |
| 2023-24 | 907 | 64.4 | 14.1:1 | 80% (726) |
| 2022-23 | 953 | 67.3 | 14.2:1 | 90% (855) |
| 2020-21 | 1,010 | 69 | 14.6:1 | 94% (947) |
| 2017-18 | 980 | 67.8 | 14.4:1 | 74% (728) |
| 2015-16 | 962 | 56 | 17.2:1 | 72% (690) |
| 2010-11 | 895 | 64 | 14.0:1 | 67% (600) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henry Metzger Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (980 to 991); teachers down 17% (67.8 to 56.3).
About Henry Metzger Middle School
Henry Metzger Middle School is a middle-grades school with a street address in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. It serves 991 students in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Texas is roughly 643 students; this school is 54% bigger than that.
JUDSON ISD operates 36 schools. Combined enrollment is 23,539 students.
Henry Metzger Middle School is 56% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 30% Black, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 60% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 56.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.6:1. That is higher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Eligible students account for 79% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Bexar County, the average is 63%.
allk12 grades Henry Metzger Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.2% for Henry Metzger Middle School. The school posts 28.5%, 11.7 points below the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for Bexar County show that the median household income is $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Henry Metzger Middle School is one of 638 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, James L Masters is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. Henry Metzger Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Henry Metzger Middle School ranks 4th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 1,010 students in 2020-21 and 991 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.6:1 in 2020-21 to 17.6:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Henry Metzger Middle School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JUDSON ISD
- Judson High SchoolHigh · 2,498 students
- Karen Wagner High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,579 students
- Judson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,189 students
- Kitty Hawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Escondido Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- James L Masters1.0 mi · 713
- Woodlake Elementary School1.0 mi · 639
- San Antonio Steam Academy1.1 mi · 139
- Escondido Elementary School1.2 mi · 833
- Karen Wagner High School1.3 mi · 2,423
- William Paschall Elementary School1.3 mi · 723
Frequently asked questions
About Henry Metzger Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Henry Metzger Middle School?
Henry Metzger Middle School enrolls approximately 991 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Henry Metzger Middle School serve?
Henry Metzger Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Henry Metzger Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Henry Metzger Middle School is approximately 17.6:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Henry Metzger Middle School?
Student demographics at Henry Metzger Middle School are roughly 8% White, 56% Hispanic, 30% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Henry Metzger Middle School in?
Henry Metzger Middle School is part of JUDSON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.