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What's the one class at JUDSON MIDDLE every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,189
Middle
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUDSON ISD·NCES 482499012469
Judson Middle School
9695 SCHAEFER RD, CONVERSE, TX 78109 · (210) 357-0801 · Bexar County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,189 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
873 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 | 390 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 405 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 394 | 33% |
Student demographics
60%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% . -4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
12.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -19.0pp 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 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 10.0% | 27.0% | 29.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 2.0% | 10.0% | 30.0% | 58.0% |
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% | 12.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Judson Middle School
Judson Middle School's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judson Middle School this school | 1,189 | 73.4% | 34.4% |
| Morton Ranch Junior High School KATY | 1,205 | 76.1% | 41.5% |
| Kimbrough Middle School MESQUITE | 1,115 | 69.3% | 47.5% |
| Agnew Middle School MESQUITE | 1,070 | 78.2% | 41.6% |
| Stephen F Austin BRYAN | 1,177 | 73.8% | 33.8% |
| Herman Furlough Jr Middle School TERRELL | 1,166 | 76.5% | 29.8% |
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 Judson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #1,200 of 1,635 | #44 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #1,660 of 1,670 ▼ 171 | #82 of 84 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,539 of 1,670 ▼ 494 | #71 of 84 ▼ 35 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.5pp | #25 of 1,570 | #1 of 80 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,189 | #129 of 1,749 | #8 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #778 of 1,542 | #34 of 80 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #502 of 1,543 | #12 of 80 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #652 of 1,648 | #51 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #929 of 942 | #60 of 60 |
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
1,189
-126 (-10%) vs 2020
+37% since 2010-11, when it was 869
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 1,189 | 81.2 | 14.6:1 | 73% (873) |
| 2023-24 | 1,207 | 80.4 | 15.0:1 | 70% (849) |
| 2022-23 | 1,259 | 76.2 | 16.5:1 | 70% (877) |
| 2020-21 | 1,315 | 80 | 16.4:1 | 59% (781) |
| 2017-18 | 1,194 | 77.6 | 15.4:1 | 62% (742) |
| 2015-16 | 1,166 | 72 | 16.2:1 | 63% (730) |
| 2010-11 | 869 | 54 | 16.1:1 | 59% (512) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Judson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,194 to 1,189); teachers up 5% (77.6 to 81.2).
About Judson Middle School
Judson Middle School is a large middle school for students in CONVERSE, Texas. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,189 students. That is 85% above the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
JUDSON ISD has 23,539 students spread across 36 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Judson Middle School is 57% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 24% Black, 12% White, and 5% multiracial. In Bexar County overall, the Hispanic share is about 60%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
Judson Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1, with 81.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 73% at Judson Middle School. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bexar County is 63%.
In Texas, Judson Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.4% actual against a predicted 42.3%.
For Bexar County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $72,341, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 638 public schools in the county, enrolling about 368,487, Judson Middle School among them.
About 0.4 miles separate Judson Middle School from the closest public school, Judson High School. Judson Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Judson Middle School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Judson Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 10% decline took enrollment from 1,315 in 2020-21 to 1,189 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.4:1 to 14.6:1.
The allk12 page for Judson Middle School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Kitty Hawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Henry Metzger Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Escondido Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
Other schools in CONVERSE
- Judson High SchoolHigh · 2,498 students
- Escondido Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Honor Elementary SchoolElementary · 806 students
- IDEA Converse AcademyElementary · 743 students
- Copperfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- James L MastersElementary · 713 students
Other Judson Middle schools
One other US public school is named Judson Middle. Judson Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Judson Middle SchoolSalem, OR · 811 students
Nearby schools
- Judson High School0.4 mi · 2,498
- Boysville0.6 mi · 10
- Judson Care Academy0.7 mi · 86
- Copperfield Elementary School0.8 mi · 730
- Randolph Middle School1.2 mi · 336
- Randolph High School1.2 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Judson Middle SchoolHow large is Judson Middle School?
Judson Middle School enrolls approximately 1,189 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Judson Middle School serve?
Judson Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Judson Middle School have?
Judson Middle School employs 81 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Judson Middle School?
At Judson Middle School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 57% Hispanic, 24% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Judson Middle School public or private?
Judson Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by JUDSON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.