ROSS MIDDLE

ROSS MIDDLE is a mid-sized 6-8 campus in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD. The school educates 828 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so ROSS MIDDLE sits 29% larger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, ROSS MIDDLE logs that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 7% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ROSS MIDDLE has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ROSS MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Bexar County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), ROSS MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ESPARZA EL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROSS MIDDLE at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. ROSS MIDDLE's enrollment has contracted 29% since 2018, when it stood at 1,165 (now 828). Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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