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What tradition at VALE MIDDLE should never be changed?
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Enrollment
846
Middle
DISTRICT 903 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSIDE ISD·NCES 483312011794
Vale Middle School
2120 N ELLISON DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78251 · (210) 397-5700 · Bexar County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL846 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
499 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 254 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 275 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 317 | 37% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 29.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 22.0% | 36.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Vale Middle School
Vale Middle School's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vale Middle School this school | 846 | 59.0% | 34.6% |
| Richardson Middle School EL PASO | 758 | 60.4% | 42.5% |
| Jordan Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 948 | 61.0% | 40.5% |
| D J Red Simon Middle School KYLE | 898 | 58.7% | 30.5% |
| Zachry Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,043 | 59.5% | 41.0% |
| Grant Middle School CORPUS CHRISTI | 772 | 63.0% | 43.2% |
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 Vale Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,186 of 1,635 | #42 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,442 of 1,670 ▼ 102 | #55 of 84 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,179 of 1,670 ▼ 18 | #44 of 84 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #117 of 1,570 | #6 of 80 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 846 | #480 of 1,749 | #32 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #713 of 1,542 | #30 of 80 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #1,134 of 1,543 | #43 of 80 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #965 of 1,648 | #64 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.4% | #74 of 942 | #13 of 60 |
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
846
-398 (-32%) vs 2020
-38% since 2010-11, when it was 1,367
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 846 | 58.8 | 14.4:1 | 59% (499) |
| 2023-24 | 995 | 63.3 | 15.7:1 | 63% (627) |
| 2022-23 | 1,021 | 65.6 | 15.6:1 | 62% (634) |
| 2020-21 | 1,244 | 72 | 17.3:1 | 41% (509) |
| 2017-18 | 1,330 | 76.1 | 17.5:1 | 47% (627) |
| 2015-16 | 1,325 | 75 | 17.7:1 | 50% (668) |
| 2010-11 | 1,367 | 74 | 18.5:1 | 55% (752) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vale Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (1,330 to 846); teachers down 23% (76.1 to 58.8).
About Vale Middle School
Vale Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, (ZIP code 78251). The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 846 students. It has 32% more students than the average for middle schools in Texas (about 643).
NORTHSIDE ISD is responsible for 127 schools, Vale Middle School included, with 100,208 students in all.
The largest group at Vale Middle School is Hispanic students, at 78%. Smaller groups are 12% White, 7% Black, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 60% of Bexar County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Vale Middle School is 37%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 58.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.4:1. The 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is close to this figure. Roughly 59% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Vale Middle School is -13.9 points, in the bottom 10% of Texas. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.6%, and the predicted rate is 48.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bexar County show that median household income comes to about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bexar County counts 638 public schools with about 368,487 students.
Measured in a straight line, Basis San Antonio - Jack Lewis Jr Campus is about 0.9 miles from Vale Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Vale Middle School is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Vale Middle School had a net loss of 398 students, or 32%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.3 to 14.4 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Vale Middle School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTHSIDE ISD
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 2,670 students
- Brandeis High SchoolHigh · 2,657 students
- Marshall High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Other Vale Middle schools
One other US public school is named Vale Middle. Vale Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Vale Middle SchoolVale, OR · 120 students
Nearby schools
- Basis San Antonio - Jack Lewis Jr Campus0.9 mi · 181
- Basis San Antonio Pri - Jack Lewis Jr Campus0.9 mi · 605
- Lewis Elementary School1.0 mi · 437
- Murnin Elementary School1.0 mi · 662
- Stevens High School1.2 mi · 2,546
- Warren High School1.5 mi · 2,542
Frequently asked questions
About Vale Middle SchoolHow many students attend Vale Middle School?
Vale Middle School enrolls approximately 846 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Vale Middle School serve?
Vale Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Vale Middle School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Vale Middle School.
How diverse is Vale Middle School?
Vale Middle School reports a student body of 12% White, 78% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Vale Middle School in?
Vale Middle School is part of NORTHSIDE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.