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Enrollment
1,140
Middle
DISTRICT 881 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMAL ISD·NCES 481473011943
Pieper Ranch Middle School
1106 KINDER PKWY, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78260 · (830) 221-2000 · Bexar County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,140 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
17.1:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
152 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 261 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 403 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 476 | 42% |
Student demographics
60%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
81.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
72.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 55.0% | 26.0% | 13.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 37.0% | 35.0% | 18.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 81.0% | 72.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
70.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Pieper Ranch Middle School
Pieper Ranch Middle School's state test result (70.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pieper Ranch Middle School this school | 1,140 | 13.3% | 70.2% |
| Boerne Middle South BOERNE | 909 | 18.0% | 69.5% |
| Creekside Park Junior High School THE WOODLANDS | 1,219 | 12.1% | 78.8% |
| Eric Dahlstrom Middle School BUDA | 804 | 12.6% | 64.4% |
| Alamo Heights Junior High School SAN ANTONIO | 1,123 | 22.8% | 61.1% |
| Small Middle School AUSTIN | 1,253 | 24.7% | 62.7% |
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 Pieper Ranch Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #96 of 1,635 | #2 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #112 of 1,670 ▼ 46 | #3 of 84 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #107 of 1,670 ▲ 2 | #4 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.0pp | #164 of 1,570 | #3 of 80 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,140 | #161 of 1,749 | #12 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,310 of 1,542 | #66 of 80 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #529 of 1,543 | #15 of 80 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #1,609 of 1,648 | #86 of 87 |
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
1,140
-302 (-21%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 1,140 | 66.8 | 17.1:1 | 13% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 1,630 | 88.1 | 18.5:1 | 18% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 1,583 | 78.2 | 20.2:1 | 19% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 1,442 | 71 | 20.3:1 | 17% (245) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pieper Ranch Middle School.
About Pieper Ranch Middle School
Pieper Ranch Middle School is a large middle school in COMAL ISD, located in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. It has an enrollment of 1,140 students in grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 643.
The district for Pieper Ranch Middle School is COMAL ISD, with 37 schools and 29,839 students.
About 46% of students at Pieper Ranch Middle School are White, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 43% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among Bexar County residents, the White share is about 42%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 66.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pieper Ranch Middle School, giving a ratio of 17.1:1. Middle schools in Texas have an average ratio of 14.4:1. By family income, 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County.
Pieper Ranch Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of Texas public middle schools.
Pieper Ranch Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (70.2%) and its predicted rate (68.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Census data for Bexar County show the median household earns about $72,341 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Pieper Ranch Middle School, Bexar County has 638 public schools.
Pieper High School sits about 0.3 miles from Pieper Ranch Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Pieper Ranch Middle School comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 1,442 (2020-21) to 1,140 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.3:1 to 17.1:1.
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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 COMAL ISD
- Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Smithson Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,098 students
- Pieper High SchoolHigh · 2,093 students
- Canyon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,251 students
- Davenport High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- Johnson Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,185 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
- Pieper High School0.3 mi · 2,093
- Kinder Ranch Elementary School1.0 mi · 623
- Mh Specht Elementary School2.4 mi · 718
- Timberwood Park Elementary School2.6 mi · 746
- Bulverde Middle School2.7 mi · 690
- Indian Springs Elementary School3.0 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About Pieper Ranch Middle SchoolHow large is Pieper Ranch Middle School?
Pieper Ranch Middle School enrolls approximately 1,140 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Pieper Ranch Middle School serve?
Pieper Ranch Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Pieper Ranch Middle School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Pieper Ranch Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Pieper Ranch Middle School?
Student demographics at Pieper Ranch Middle School are roughly 46% White, 43% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Pieper Ranch Middle School in?
Pieper Ranch Middle School is part of COMAL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.