NEFF MIDDLE

NEFF MIDDLE, an average-sized middle school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, run under NORTHSIDE ISD, teaches 810 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 26% above typical.

Within NORTHSIDE ISD, which oversees 128 schools and 100,435 students, NEFF MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, NEFF MIDDLE records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder reads as 10% Black, 7% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NEFF MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.0%; this one delivers 27.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate median household income runs about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which NEFF MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: SST DISCOVERY, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NEFF MIDDLE at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEFF MIDDLE has fell 31%, going from 1,176 students in 2018 to 810 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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