RUTH JONES MCCLENDON MIDDLE

RUTH JONES MCCLENDON MIDDLE is a tiny 9-12 campus in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, run under GEORGE GERVIN ACADEMY. The school teaches 72 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 91% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Within GEORGE GERVIN ACADEMY, which oversees 2 schools and 865 students, RUTH JONES MCCLENDON MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, RUTH JONES MCCLENDON MIDDLE records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 36% Black, 4% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, RUTH JONES MCCLENDON MIDDLE shows 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

In the area at large, census data for Bexar County shows median household earnings sit near $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), RUTH JONES MCCLENDON MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

GEORGE GERVIN ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. As a public charter, RUTH JONES MCCLENDON MIDDLE runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. RUTH JONES MCCLENDON MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 52% since 2018, when it stood at 149 (now 72). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 50% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 today.

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