LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE

LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE operates as a very small middle school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, operated by LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 101 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE sits 84% leaner than that benchmark.

LIGHTHOUSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 462 students; LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE is among them.

On demographics, LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE lists that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 7% White, 5% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Bexar County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LIGHTHOUSE HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 29.4%.

LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE operates from an inner-city location. LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE has declined 54%, going from 219 students in 2018 to 101 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 11% to 5% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.