Neff Middle

Summary:

Neff Middle is a public middle school in San Antonio, Texas, serving 932 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Northside Independent School District, which is ranked 496 out of 968 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Neff Middle consistently underperforms compared to district and state averages on STAAR tests, with proficiency rates ranging from 29.41% to 34.23% in reading and 2.78% to 21.05% in math, compared to district and state averages around 53-56% and 15.25% to 40.23%, respectively. The school has a low statewide ranking, placing in the bottom quartile of Texas middle schools, and its performance is particularly concerning for Hispanic, English Language Learner, and low-socioeconomic status students. Neff Middle's dropout rate has also seen a steady increase, rising from 0.4% in 2017-2018 to 1.6% in 2020-2021.

While Neff Middle's spending per student and student-teacher ratio are similar to nearby Northside ISD schools like Connally Middle and Rudder Middle, which consistently outperform Neff Middle on STAAR tests and have higher statewide rankings, the stark contrast in academic achievement suggests that Neff Middle may require targeted interventions and support to address the root causes of its underperformance.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 5227 Evers Rd
       San Antonio, TX  78238-1998


(210) 397-4100

District: Northside Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
2050th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,725 Help


Feeder schools for Neff Middle:

Elementary:    Driggers Elementary
    Glass Elementary
    Glenoaks Elementary
    Oak Hills Terrace Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  14.5 Help
Number of students:  880

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
78.6%
African American:
8.8%
White:
8.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  77.6% Help


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Compare Details Neff Middle ranks worse than 86.8% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks last among 21 ranked middle schools in the Northside Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.17. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (78.6%), African American (8.8%), White (8.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 77.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Neff Middle is 14.5, which is the 9th best among 21 middle schools in the Northside Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Neff Middle is $9,725, which is the 6th highest among 21 middle schools in the Northside Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Neff Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Neff Middle 2050th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Neff Middle in the ranking list.)

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Northside Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Northside Independent School District (Isd) 496th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Neff Middle

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Rank History for all students at Neff Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 51.74 855th 1573 45.6%
2005 53.68 793rd 1582 49.9%
2006 51.87 855th 1585 46.1%
2007 54.15 871st 1684 48.3%
2008 57.99 771st 1718 55.1%
2009 61.01 725th 1763 58.9%
2010 53.28 969th 1803 46.3%
2011 45.58 1264th 1895 33.3%
2012 50.77 1013th 1951 48.1%
2013 48.53 1106th 1973 43.9%
2014 46.12 1154th 1987 41.9%
2015 36.73 1415th 2043 30.7%
2016 29.48 1562nd 1987 21.4%
2017 23.35 1667th 2027 17.8%
2018 25.08 1682nd 2080 19.1%
2019 33.40 1494th 2193 31.9%
2021 17.10 1969th 2252 12.6%
2022 15.77 2026th 2254 10.1%
2023 15.20 2112th 2330 9.4%
2024 19.17 2050th 2361 13.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Neff Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 5.10 715th 720 0.7%
2021 43.23 413th 743 44.4%
2022 12.42 790th 813 2.8%
2023 17.39 740th 817 9.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Neff Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.92 849th 1376 38.3%
2019 61.43 354th 1445 75.5%
2021 30.62 1214th 1592 23.7%
2022 16.98 1571st 1643 4.4%
2023 17.81 1598th 1720 7.1%
2024 23.23 1511th 1760 14.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Neff Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.35 648th 1597 59.4%
2019 44.76 744th 1626 54.2%
2021 44.78 763rd 1712 55.4%
2022 33.53 1225th 1757 30.3%
2023 23.78 1620th 1815 10.7%
2024 30.79 1434th 1881 23.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Neff Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.54 1619th 2039 20.6%
2019 41.04 1261st 2073 39.2%
2021 21.35 1905th 2172 12.3%
2022 19.21 1998th 2220 10.0%
2023 18.65 2026th 2251 10.0%
2024 19.98 1990th 2224 10.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Neff Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.78 1730th 2008 13.8%
2019 35.07 1393rd 2047 31.9%
2021 19.80 1846th 2151 14.2%
2022 17.69 1984th 2221 10.7%
2023 16.67 2021st 2241 9.8%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Neff Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.67 1044th 1430 27.0%
2019 55.36 804th 1446 44.4%
2021 35.80 1120th 1501 25.4%
2022 27.30 1257th 1488 15.5%
2023 29.34 1233rd 1481 16.7%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Neff Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.12 1529th 2008 23.9%
2019 46.05 998th 2058 51.5%
2021 26.55 1777th 2118 16.1%
2022 27.90 1776th 2182 18.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Neff Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.93 1573rd 2030 22.5%
2019 31.29 1489th 2069 28.0%
2021 16.10 1953rd 2168 9.9%
2022 14.53 2051st 2228 7.9%
2023 14.49 2054th 2245 8.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Neff Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 4.86 572nd 587 2.6%
2019 2.43 587th 594 1.2%
2022 27.91 494th 606 18.5%
2024 0.41 611th 612 0.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Neff Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.21 823rd 1167 29.5%
2019 36.65 738th 1193 38.1%
2021 21.00 1102nd 1213 9.2%
2022 27.21 1007th 1251 19.5%
2023 24.40 1040th 1273 18.3%
2024 27.33 1009th 1271 20.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Neff Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.78 1453rd 1895 23.3%
2019 39.75 1163rd 1935 39.9%
2021 19.84 1816th 2043 11.1%
2022 17.31 1905th 2077 8.3%
2023 18.59 1907th 2116 9.9%
2024 20.89 1857th 2108 11.9%
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Rank History for White students at Neff Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.94 1339th 1673 20.0%
2019 32.02 1251st 1684 25.7%
2021 13.58 1590th 1700 6.5%
2022 24.67 1452nd 1723 15.7%
2023 14.54 1613th 1749 7.8%
2024 40.78 1062nd 1724 38.4%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Neff Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 422 32 13 469 n/a n/a n/a 0 936
1989 422 40 15 497 0 n/a n/a 0 974
1990 429 53 18 495 0 n/a n/a 0 995
1991 430 53 11 530 0 n/a n/a 0 1024
1992 396 58 15 561 2 n/a n/a 0 1032
1993 412 63 13 576 2 n/a n/a 0 1066
1994 385 78 13 583 3 n/a n/a 0 1062
1995 392 75 21 609 4 n/a n/a 0 1101
1996 392 75 21 609 4 n/a n/a 0 1101
1997 357 63 30 653 3 n/a n/a 0 1106
1998 346 64 18 699 1 n/a n/a 0 1128
1999 302 56 30 673 0 n/a n/a 0 1061
2000 306 55 27 611 0 n/a n/a 0 999
2001 266 52 27 618 0 n/a n/a 0 963
2002 228 59 25 638 0 n/a n/a 0 950
2003 228 59 25 638 0 n/a n/a 0 950
2004 248 70 25 675 1 n/a n/a 0 1019
2005 212 72 18 693 2 n/a n/a 0 997
2006 210 75 17 733 1 n/a n/a 0 1036
2007 171 79 19 747 1 n/a n/a 0 1017
2008 158 84 27 835 4 n/a n/a 0 1108
2009 149 82 23 874 6 n/a n/a 0 1134
2010 130 84 20 903 6 n/a n/a 0 1143
2011 148 80 15 991 6 1 18 0 1259
2012 138 73 18 1042 3 1 13 0 1288
2013 120 71 21 1030 3 3 16 0 1264
2014 102 71 15 991 1 3 14 0 1197
2015 93 88 14 995 1 5 15 0 1211
2016 97 99 17 970 1 6 13 0 1203
2017 97 101 18 989 2 3 13 0 1223
2018 94 112 23 933 1 1 12 0 1176
2019 71 123 19 828 0 1 19 0 1061
2020 79 103 23 849 1 1 20 0 1076
2021 83 88 16 810 2 1 22 0 1022
2022 73 83 16 756 3 2 17 0 950
2023 67 90 10 742 4 0 19 0 932
2024 71 77 23 692 2 0 15 0 880

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Neff Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 936 56.0 16.7 n/a
1989 974 n/a n/a n/a
1990 995 58.0 17.1 n/a
1991 1024 58.2 17.5 n/a
1992 1032 63.0 16.3 22.7
1993 1066 68.0 15.7 38.7
1994 1062 68.0 15.6 32.8
1995 1101 68.3 16.1 30
1996 1101 68.3 16.1 30
1997 1106 71.0 15.6 35.4
1998 1128 69.4 16.3 34.2
1999 1061 72.0 14.7 52.6
2000 999 74.7 13.4 46.7
2001 963 72.0 13.4 51.5
2002 950 68.5 13.9 55.5
2003 950 68.5 13.9 55.5
2004 1019 64.2 15.9 55.3
2005 997 65.3 15.3 62.3
2006 1036 63.3 16.4 64.2
2007 1017 63.5 16.0 61.4
2008 1108 67.2 16.5 62.6
2009 1134 73.8 15.3 64
2010 1143 77.2 14.7 68.2
2011 1259 75.9 16.5 72.7
2012 1288 72.5 17.7 74.8
2013 1264 72.2 17.4 76.5
2014 1197 75.4 15.8 74.4
2015 1211 82.0 14.7 67.3
2016 1203 76.0 15.8 79
2017 1223 76.9 15.8 78.1
2018 1176 78.6 14.9 78.6
2019 1061 77.6 13.6 77.9
2020 1076 77.9 13.7 75.9
2021 1022 73.6 13.8 77.4
2022 950 72.3 13.1 79.8
2023 932 64.5 14.4 81.9
2024 880 60.6 14.5 77.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Neff Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 936 56.0 16.7 n/a
1989 974 n/a n/a n/a
1990 995 58.0 17.1 n/a
1991 1024 58.2 17.5 n/a
1992 1032 63.0 16.3 22.7
1993 1066 68.0 15.7 38.7
1994 1062 68.0 15.6 32.8
1995 1101 68.3 16.1 30
1996 1101 68.3 16.1 30
1997 1106 71.0 15.6 35.4
1998 1128 69.4 16.3 34.2
1999 1061 72.0 14.7 52.6
2000 999 74.7 13.4 46.7
2001 963 72.0 13.4 51.5
2002 950 68.5 13.9 55.5
2003 950 68.5 13.9 55.5
2004 1019 64.2 15.9 55.3
2005 997 65.3 15.3 62.3
2006 1036 63.3 16.4 64.2
2007 1017 63.5 16.0 61.4
2008 1108 67.2 16.5 62.6
2009 1134 73.8 15.3 64
2010 1143 77.2 14.7 68.2
2011 1259 75.9 16.5 72.7
2012 1288 72.5 17.7 74.8
2013 1264 72.2 17.4 76.5
2014 1197 75.4 15.8 74.4
2015 1211 82.0 14.7 67.3
2016 1203 76.0 15.8 79
2017 1223 76.9 15.8 78.1
2018 1176 78.6 14.9 78.6
2019 1061 77.6 13.6 77.9
2020 1076 77.9 13.7 75.9
2021 1022 73.6 13.8 77.4
2022 950 72.3 13.1 79.8
2023 932 64.5 14.4 81.9
2024 880 60.6 14.5 77.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Neff Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,367 (14.2%) $8,232 (85.8%) $9,599
2020 $1,220 (13.0%) $8,192 (87.0%) $9,412
2021 $1,029 (10.6%) $8,697 (89.4%) $9,725

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Neff Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1494th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 2112th of 2330 Middle schools
 22.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Neff Middle)2435
 11%
   6th Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))3849
 11%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Neff Middle)2914
 15%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))4531
 14%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Neff Middle)3833
 5%
   7th Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))5152
 1%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Neff Middle)2312
 11%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))2320
 3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Neff Middle)4828
 20%
   8th Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))5856
 2%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Neff Middle)5316
 37%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))5741
 16%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Neff Middle)3717
 20%
   8th Grade Science (Northside Independent School District (Isd))5350
 3%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Neff Middle)2114
 7%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Northside Independent School District (Isd))3736
 1%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Neff Middle)9671
 25%
   End of Course Algebra I (Northside Independent School District (Isd))6844
 24%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students1061932
 12.2%
African American12390
 26.8%
American Indian04
Asian1910
 47.4%
Hispanic828742
 10.4%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White7167
 5.6%
Two or More Races1919
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients77.9%81.9%
 4%


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Students at Neff Middle are 79% Hispanic, 9% African American, 8% White, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2023-24 school year, 880 students attended Neff Middle.

Neff Middle ranks in the bottom 13.2% of Texas middle schools.


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