SAN SABA MIDDLE

SAN SABA MIDDLE is a rural-scale middle school in SAN SABA, Texas, run under SAN SABA ISD. The school teaches 216 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 66% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Within SAN SABA ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 738 students, SAN SABA MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, SAN SABA MIDDLE logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 38% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 73% of students at SAN SABA MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SAN SABA MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.5%, the actual is 41.2%, a residual of -1.3 points.

Around the school, San Saba County reports that median household earnings sit near $55,819, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SAN SABA MIDDLE is one of 6 public schools in San Saba County (combined enrollment of about 981 students).

Nearest neighbor: SAN SABA H S, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SAN SABA MIDDLE comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAN SABA MIDDLE has showed little movement, going from 216 students in 2018 to 216 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 49% to 61%.

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