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Enrollment
423
Middle
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUDSON ISD·NCES 482499002791
Kirby Middle School
5441 SEGUIN RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78219 · (210) 661-1140 · Bexar County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% 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.
- BThree-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
10.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
381 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 7 | 197 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 226 | 53% |
Student demographics
45%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
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 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 up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 27.0% | 32.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 3.0% | 31.0% | 31.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 20.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Kirby Middle School
Kirby Middle School's state test result (24.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby Middle School this school | 423 | 90.1% | 24.2% |
| IDEA Southeast College Preparatory FORT WORTH | 475 | 91.4% | 42.4% |
| Roy Johnson STEM Academy FORT WORTH | 441 | 92.5% | 37.2% |
| Long Middle School DALLAS | 477 | 87.8% | 32.6% |
| Uplift Mighty Prep Middle School FORT WORTH | 516 | 89.0% | 26.0% |
| Daggett Middle School FORT WORTH | 353 | 90.4% | 19.4% |
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 Kirby Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #1,534 of 1,635 | #72 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,198 of 1,670 ▲ 373 | #40 of 84 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,512 of 1,670 ▲ 127 | #66 of 84 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #591 of 1,570 | #12 of 80 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #1,220 of 1,749 | #71 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #60 of 1,542 | #2 of 80 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.8% | #1,027 of 1,543 | #34 of 80 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #250 of 1,648 | #22 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.7% | #37 of 942 | #8 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
423
-314 (-43%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 1,082
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 423 | 38.6 | 10.9:1 | 90% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 56.7 | 11.2:1 | 94% (600) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 61.4 | 11.1:1 | 94% (645) |
| 2020-21 | 737 | 60 | 12.3:1 | 90% (665) |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 64.3 | 11.7:1 | 83% (623) |
| 2015-16 | 819 | 58 | 14.1:1 | 84% (690) |
| 2010-11 | 978 | 71 | 13.8:1 | 80% (778) |
| 2000-01 | 1,169 | 89 | 13.1:1 | 65% (759) |
| 1990-91 | 1,082 | 55 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kirby Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (751 to 423); teachers down 40% (64.3 to 38.6).
About Kirby Middle School
Federal records list Kirby Middle School as a middle school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. It has an enrollment of 423 students in grades 7 through 8. That compares with an average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
Kirby Middle School belongs to JUDSON ISD, a district of 36 schools and 23,539 students.
The largest group at Kirby Middle School is Hispanic students, at 71%. Other groups make up 21% Black, 4% White, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 60% of Bexar County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 45%.
Teacher count: 38.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.9:1. Across middle schools in Texas, the average ratio is 14.4:1. Roughly 90% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Bexar County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
Among Texas public middle schools, Kirby Middle School outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Kirby Middle School is 11.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 24.2%. Predicted: 35.2%.
For the population of Bexar County, the median household earns about $72,341 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Kirby Middle School shares Bexar County with 637 other public schools.
The closest school to Kirby Middle School is Judson Learning Academy, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Kirby Middle School is 3rd of 6 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Kirby Middle School as Suburb: Large.
The school counted 737 students in 2020-21 and 423 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. By 2024-25, the school had 10.9 students per teacher, compared with 12.3 in 2020-21.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Henry Metzger Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 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
Other Kirby Middle schools
One other US public school is named Kirby Middle. Kirby Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Kirby Middle SchoolMemphis, TN · 402 students
Nearby schools
- Judson Learning Academy0.0 mi · 78
- Kirby STEM Academy 6th Grade0.0 mi · 178
- Hopkins Elementary School1.3 mi · 707
- Candlewood STEM Academy PK-11.4 mi · 199
- Candlewood Elementary School1.4 mi · 263
- William Paschall Elementary School1.5 mi · 723
Frequently asked questions
About Kirby Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kirby Middle School?
Kirby Middle School enrolls approximately 423 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Kirby Middle School serve?
Kirby Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kirby Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kirby Middle School is approximately 10.9:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kirby Middle School?
At Kirby Middle School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 71% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Kirby Middle School?
Kirby Middle School is overseen by JUDSON ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.