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Enrollment
604
Middle
DISTRICT 881 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMAL ISD·NCES 481473007559
Spring Branch Middle School
21053 HWY 46 W, SPRING BRANCH, TX 78070 · (830) 885-8800 · Comal County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
141 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 196 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 206 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 202 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
74.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
65.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 48.0% | 26.0% | 17.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% | 14.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 74.0% | 65.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 31.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Spring Branch Middle School
Spring Branch Middle School's state test result (62.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Branch Middle School this school | 604 | 23.3% | 62.8% |
| West Plains Junior High School AMARILLO | 630 | 28.1% | 61.0% |
| Bulverde Middle School BULVERDE | 690 | 21.0% | 57.5% |
| Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School LUBBOCK | 857 | 23.8% | 57.6% |
| Church Hill Middle School NEW BRAUNFELS | 780 | 28.3% | 60.2% |
| La Vernia Junior High School LA VERNIA | 814 | 26.7% | 54.1% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Spring Branch Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Comal County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #190 of 1,635 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #203 of 1,670 ▲ 24 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #212 of 1,670 ▼ 12 | #2 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +35.5pp | #33 of 1,570 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #919 of 1,749 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #833 of 1,542 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #674 of 1,543 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.3% | #1,533 of 1,648 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.9% | #23 of 942 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
604
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 604 | 40.7 | 14.8:1 | 23% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 42.4 | 14.5:1 | 26% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 42.8 | 13.5:1 | 27% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 29% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 1,138 | 64.4 | 17.7:1 | 20% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 1,042 | 60 | 17.4:1 | 20% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 788 | 50 | 15.8:1 | 18% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 49 | 11.8:1 | 13% (77) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Branch Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 47% (1,138 to 604); teachers down 37% (64.4 to 40.7).
About Spring Branch Middle School
SPRING BRANCH, Texas, is home to Spring Branch Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 604 students in 2024-25.
The 37 schools of COMAL ISD, including Spring Branch Middle School, enroll 29,839 students.
The student body at Spring Branch Middle School is 53% White. The rest of enrollment is 40% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Comal County, the White share is about 71%. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Spring Branch Middle School are from different groups.
On staff are 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. About 23% of students at Spring Branch Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Comal County is 32%.
Spring Branch Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.8% and a predicted 63.7%.
For the population of Comal County, median household income comes to about $101,889, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Spring Branch Middle School shares Comal County with 48 other public schools.
Arlon R Seay Elementary School sits about 0.2 miles from Spring Branch Middle School. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Spring Branch Middle School places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Spring Branch Middle School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Spring Branch Middle School had a net gain of 23 students, or 4%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Comal County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,826
Census ACS
Median income
$101,889
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
29,653 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COMAL ISD
- Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Smithson Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,098 students
- Pieper High SchoolHigh · 2,093 students
- Canyon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,251 students
- Davenport High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- Johnson Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,185 students
Other schools in SPRING BRANCH
- Smithson Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,098 students
- Smithson Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 880 students
- Bill Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 799 students
- Arlon R Seay Elementary SchoolElementary · 623 students
- Rebecca Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 578 students
Other Spring Branch Middle schools
One other US public school is named Spring Branch Middle. Spring Branch Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Spring Branch Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 1,137 students
Nearby schools
- Arlon R Seay Elementary School0.2 mi · 623
- Bill Brown Elementary School0.7 mi · 799
- Hill Country College Prep High School1.9 mi · 178
- Rahe Bulverde Elementary School3.0 mi · 617
- Johnson Ranch Elementary School3.4 mi · 1,185
- Bulverde Middle School4.0 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Branch Middle SchoolHow large is Spring Branch Middle School?
Spring Branch Middle School enrolls approximately 604 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Spring Branch Middle School serve?
Spring Branch Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Spring Branch Middle School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Spring Branch Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Spring Branch Middle School?
Student demographics at Spring Branch Middle School are roughly 53% White, 40% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Spring Branch Middle School public or private?
Spring Branch Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by COMAL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.