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ROBERT C ZAMORA MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ROBERT C ZAMORA MIDDLE
Set in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, ROBERT C ZAMORA MIDDLE is an average-sized intermediate school, part of SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD. It serves 655 students across grades 6 through 8.
ROBERT C ZAMORA MIDDLE is one of 15 schools operated by SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD, a district that teaches 7,987 students overall.
In terms of who attends, ROBERT C ZAMORA MIDDLE logs that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ROBERT C ZAMORA MIDDLE has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting ROBERT C ZAMORA MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ROBERT C ZAMORA MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.8%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), ROBERT C ZAMORA MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROBERT C ZAMORA MIDDLE at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 776 students in 2018 compared to 655 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Bexar County at a glance
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