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JONES MIDDLE
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JONES MIDDLE
Located at 1256 PINN RD, in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, JONES MIDDLE is a high-enrollment 6-8 campus that teaches 1,035 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 61% above the state mean of about 643.
JONES MIDDLE is one of 128 schools operated by NORTHSIDE ISD, a district that caters to 100,435 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, JONES MIDDLE reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Other groups include 10% White, 4% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, JONES MIDDLE has 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting JONES MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at JONES MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Bexar County's rate of about 63%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JONES MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.1%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bexar County put the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. JONES MIDDLE is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
JUBILEE WESTWOOD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JONES MIDDLE comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 26.8%.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JONES MIDDLE has decreased 3%, going from 1,064 students in 2018 to 1,035 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 93% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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