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How has LOPEZ MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,294
Middle
DISTRICT 847 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH EAST ISD·NCES 483294011132
Lopez Middle School
23103 HARDY OAK BLVD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78258 · (210) 356-5000 · Bexar County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,294 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Texas public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
20.1:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
211 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 423 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 440 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 431 | 33% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
83.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
74.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 56.0% | 27.0% | 12.0% | 5.0% |
| Mathematics | 38.0% | 36.0% | 19.0% | 7.0% |
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 | 83.0% | 74.0% |
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 73.0% |
| 2021-22 | 72.0% | 66.0% |
| 2020-21 | 56.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
75.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Lopez Middle School
Lopez Middle School's state test result (75.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lopez Middle School this school | 1,294 | 16.3% | 75.7% |
| Garcia Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,360 | 18.9% | 68.5% |
| Creekside Park Junior High School THE WOODLANDS | 1,219 | 12.1% | 78.8% |
| Briscoe Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,263 | 24.5% | 55.4% |
| Hill Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,057 | 28.1% | 60.7% |
| Stacy Kaye Danielson Middle School LEANDER | 1,182 | 21.4% | 52.1% |
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 Lopez Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #46 of 1,635 | #1 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #95 of 1,670 ▼ 5 | #1 of 84 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #86 of 1,670 ▼ 23 | #3 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #1,134 of 1,570 | #50 of 80 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,294 | #77 of 1,749 | #5 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #1,515 of 1,542 | #79 of 80 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #462 of 1,543 | #8 of 80 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.3% | #1,586 of 1,648 | #85 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #334 of 437 | #7 of 11 |
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
1,294
-85 (-6%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 1,216
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 1,294 | 64.3 | 20.1:1 | 16% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 1,327 | 70.8 | 18.8:1 | 19% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 1,361 | 70.3 | 19.4:1 | 20% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 1,379 | 71 | 19.4:1 | 14% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 1,232 | 70.9 | 17.4:1 | 11% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 1,188 | 68 | 17.5:1 | 9% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 1,216 | 70 | 17.4:1 | 10% (123) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lopez Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,232 to 1,294); teachers down 9% (70.9 to 64.3).
About Lopez Middle School
Lopez Middle School operates as a large middle-grades school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The school had 1,294 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in Texas is about 643, so this school runs 101% bigger than that.
Lopez Middle School is part of NORTH EAST ISD, where 75 schools serve 56,420 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Lopez Middle School, with 54% of enrollment. The school is also 29% White, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Lopez Middle School, 64.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 20.1:1. That is higher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Roughly 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County is 47 points.
Measured against Texas public middle schools, Lopez Middle School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Lopez Middle School scores 75.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 66.7%.
In Bexar County (population about 2,067,341), the median household income is $72,341, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 638 public schools in Bexar County, enrolling about 368,487 students in all.
The school nearest to Lopez Middle School is Hardy Oak Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Lopez Middle School is 4th among 9 schools close by.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 6% from its 2020-21 level of 1,379.
The Lopez Middle School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 NORTH EAST ISD
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Madison High SchoolHigh · 2,616 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 2,431 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 2,308 students
- Legacy of Educational Excellence High SchoolHigh · 2,285 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
Nearby schools
- Hardy Oak Elementary School0.2 mi · 612
- Stone Oak Elementary School1.5 mi · 804
- Wilderness Oak Elementary School1.5 mi · 603
- Canyon Ridge Elementary School2.0 mi · 449
- Las Lomas Elementary School2.0 mi · 451
- Bush Middle School2.2 mi · 823
Frequently asked questions
About Lopez Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lopez Middle School?
Lopez Middle School enrolls approximately 1,294 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lopez Middle School serve?
Lopez Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lopez Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lopez Middle School is approximately 20.1:1 (64 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lopez Middle School?
Lopez Middle School reports a student body of 29% White, 54% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Lopez Middle School in?
Lopez Middle School is part of NORTH EAST ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.