RHODES MIDDLE

RHODES MIDDLE operates as a low-enrollment junior high in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, part of SAN ANTONIO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 461 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 28% below the state mean of about 643.

Across the 100 schools in SAN ANTONIO ISD (47,623 students total), RHODES MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, RHODES MIDDLE records that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 3% Black, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at school resources, RHODES MIDDLE lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting RHODES MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, RHODES MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 31.8%; this one comes in at 11.5%, -20.3 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Bexar County reports that median household income runs about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), RHODES MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CARVAJAL EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RHODES MIDDLE at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 22.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 33%: 685 students in 2018 compared to 461 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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