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JACKSON MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 JACKSON MIDDLE
Set in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, JACKSON MIDDLE is a reasonably sized intermediate school, operated by NORTH EAST ISD. It serves 640 students across grades 6 through 8.
JACKSON MIDDLE is one of 75 schools operated by NORTH EAST ISD, a district that teaches 56,420 students overall.
Demographically, JACKSON MIDDLE lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%; the rest is composed of 11% White, 6% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.
After controlling for student poverty, JACKSON MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.7%; this one delivers 34.1%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bexar County put median household income runs about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which JACKSON MIDDLE is one.
COLONIAL HILLS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JACKSON MIDDLE at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 37.3%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JACKSON MIDDLE has shrank 21%, going from 808 students in 2018 to 640 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 83% to 78%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Bexar County at a glance
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