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What's the biggest difference between NIMITZ MIDDLE and what you expected?
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Enrollment
995
Middle
DISTRICT 847 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH EAST ISD·NCES 483294003649
Nimitz Middle School
5426 BLANCO RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78216 · (210) 356-5300 · Bexar County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL995 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
663 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 | 342 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 337 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 316 | 32% |
Student demographics
33%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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 21.0% | 29.0% | 40.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Nimitz Middle School
Nimitz Middle School's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nimitz Middle School this school | 995 | 66.6% | 37.7% |
| Eisenhower Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 951 | 66.7% | 33.3% |
| Sun Ridge Middle School EL PASO | 978 | 64.6% | 46.8% |
| Ssg Manuel R Puentes EL PASO | 1,031 | 62.3% | 54.6% |
| Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle School ODESSA | 1,227 | 69.7% | 37.5% |
| Grant Middle School CORPUS CHRISTI | 772 | 63.0% | 43.2% |
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 Nimitz Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #1,043 of 1,635 | #35 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,338 of 1,670 ▼ 143 | #50 of 84 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,051 of 1,670 ▲ 107 | #37 of 84 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #652 of 1,570 | #19 of 80 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 995 | #288 of 1,749 | #23 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,237 of 1,542 | #62 of 80 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.2% | #1,171 of 1,543 | #45 of 80 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.6% | #793 of 1,648 | #58 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #272 of 942 | #27 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
995
-229 (-19%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 750
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 995 | 60 | 16.6:1 | 67% (663) |
| 2023-24 | 1,014 | 75.5 | 13.4:1 | 67% (679) |
| 2022-23 | 1,071 | 77 | 13.9:1 | 73% (782) |
| 2020-21 | 1,224 | 84 | 14.6:1 | 74% (911) |
| 2017-18 | 1,285 | 85.7 | 15.0:1 | 72% (922) |
| 2015-16 | 1,215 | 82 | 14.8:1 | 78% (945) |
| 2010-11 | 1,062 | 87 | 12.2:1 | 83% (879) |
| 2000-01 | 845 | 61 | 13.8:1 | 78% (659) |
| 1990-91 | 750 | 48 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nimitz Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,285 to 995); teachers down 30% (85.7 to 60).
About Nimitz Middle School
Nimitz Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school with its address in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 995 students in 2024-25. Across middle schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 643.
The 75 schools in NORTH EAST ISD enroll 56,420 students altogether, Nimitz Middle School among them.
By race and ethnicity, Nimitz Middle School is 81% Hispanic. Other groups make up 13% White, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at Nimitz Middle School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nimitz Middle School is 16.6:1, based on 60 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Texas, 14.4:1, is lower. Nimitz Middle School counts 67% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On BeatsExpectations, Nimitz Middle School is 7.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
The school's county is Bexar County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bexar County's 638 public schools enroll about 368,487 students and include Nimitz Middle School.
About 0.5 miles separate Nimitz Middle School from the closest public school, Somerset Academy Lone Star. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Nimitz Middle School ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 37.7% versus a 42.4% average.
Nimitz Middle School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
A 19% decline took enrollment from 1,224 in 2020-21 to 995 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Nimitz Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other Nimitz Middle schools
One other US public school is named Nimitz Middle. Nimitz Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Nimitz Middle SchoolODESSA, TX · 1,310 students
Nearby schools
- Somerset Academy Lone Star0.5 mi · 98
- Olmos Elementary School0.6 mi · 486
- Legacy of Educational Excellence High School0.7 mi · 2,285
- International School of America0.7 mi · 493
- Jackson-Keller Elementary School0.9 mi · 552
- Legacy Traditional - Basse Primary School1.0 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Nimitz Middle SchoolHow many students attend Nimitz Middle School?
Nimitz Middle School enrolls approximately 995 students in grades 06-08.
Is Nimitz Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nimitz Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nimitz Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nimitz Middle School is approximately 16.6:1 (60 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Nimitz Middle School?
Student demographics at Nimitz Middle School are roughly 13% White, 81% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Nimitz Middle School in?
Nimitz Middle School is part of NORTH EAST ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.