Ross Middle

Summary:

Ross Middle is a public middle school located in San Antonio, Texas, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 945 students. The school is part of the Northside Independent School District, which is ranked 496 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ross Middle consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Texas middle schools, with academic performance significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 38.91% of 6th graders were proficient in reading, compared to 56.01% in the district and 54.45% statewide. Math proficiency rates are particularly low, with only 21.1% of 6th graders, 6.92% of 7th graders, and 26.37% of 8th graders meeting proficiency standards. However, the school's performance on STAAR EOC Algebra I is an outlier, with 61.29% of students meeting proficiency, significantly higher than the district (46.04%) and state (44.73%) averages. Ross Middle also has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 86.67% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, significantly higher than nearby schools like Jordan Middle (64.4%) and Neff Middle (81.87%).

Compared to nearby schools in the Northside Independent School District and Edgewood Independent School District, Ross Middle has experienced relatively high dropout rates in recent years, ranging from 0.5% to 1.1% between 2018-2019 and 2020-2021, higher than schools like Longfellow Middle (0.6% in 2021-2022) and Jordan Middle (0.0% in 2021-2022). These findings suggest that Ross Middle faces persistent academic challenges and socioeconomic barriers that may require targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 3630 Callaghan Rd
       San Antonio, TX  78228-4395


(210) 397-6350

District: Northside Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1967th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,296 Help


Students who attend Ross Middle usually attend:

High:    Holmes High School

Feeder schools for Ross Middle:

Elementary:    Esparza Elementary
    Linton Elementary
    Martin Elementary
    Powell Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  12.6 Help
Number of students:  828

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
87.1%
White:
5.7%
African American:
4.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  86.4% Help


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Compare Details Ross Middle ranks worse than 83.3% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 19th 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 22.18. (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 (87.1%), White (5.7%), African American (4.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 86.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Northside Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ross Middle is 12.6, which is the 3rd 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 Ross Middle is $9,296, which is the 8th highest among 21 middle schools in the Northside Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ross Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Ross Middle 1967th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Ross 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 Ross Middle

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Rank History for all students at Ross Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 45.64 1000th 1573 36.4%
2005 44.67 994th 1582 37.2%
2006 38.53 1108th 1585 30.1%
2007 40.64 1172nd 1684 30.4%
2008 46.24 1084th 1718 36.9%
2009 50.34 1021st 1763 42.1%
2010 40.98 1317th 1803 27.0%
2011 49.84 1156th 1895 39.0%
2012 34.04 1422nd 1951 27.1%
2013 45.48 1176th 1973 40.4%
2014 31.60 1482nd 1987 25.4%
2015 30.38 1569th 2043 23.2%
2016 25.33 1642nd 1987 17.4%
2017 33.77 1377th 2027 32.1%
2018 39.88 1244th 2080 40.2%
2019 36.71 1392nd 2193 36.5%
2021 18.65 1924th 2252 14.6%
2022 20.91 1911th 2254 15.2%
2023 23.02 1889th 2330 18.9%
2024 22.18 1967th 2361 16.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ross Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.92 828th 1376 39.8%
2019 42.44 763rd 1445 47.2%
2021 25.93 1365th 1592 14.3%
2022 23.46 1456th 1643 11.4%
2023 24.70 1444th 1720 16.0%
2024 27.76 1396th 1760 20.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ross Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.06 893rd 1597 44.1%
2019 32.98 1149th 1626 29.3%
2021 26.04 1487th 1712 13.1%
2022 35.86 1123rd 1757 36.1%
2023 37.69 1094th 1815 39.7%
2024 48.25 876th 1881 53.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ross Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.97 1039th 2039 49.0%
2019 41.65 1227th 2073 40.8%
2021 21.74 1892nd 2172 12.9%
2022 25.99 1847th 2220 16.8%
2023 26.54 1820th 2251 19.1%
2024 26.34 1815th 2224 18.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Ross Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.12 1158th 2008 42.3%
2019 36.63 1339th 2047 34.6%
2021 19.05 1861st 2151 13.5%
2022 17.96 1976th 2221 11.0%
2023 17.32 2001st 2241 10.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Ross Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.21 1154th 1430 19.3%
2019 62.03 639th 1446 55.8%
2021 41.55 1036th 1501 31.0%
2022 33.94 1164th 1488 21.8%
2023 49.09 961st 1481 35.1%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Ross Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.20 1027th 2008 48.9%
2019 40.46 1191st 2058 42.1%
2021 24.26 1844th 2118 12.9%
2022 31.56 1623rd 2182 25.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Ross Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.00 1313th 2030 35.3%
2019 35.67 1360th 2069 34.3%
2021 19.68 1855th 2168 14.4%
2022 24.18 1818th 2228 18.4%
2023 28.64 1691st 2245 24.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Ross Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.64 466th 587 20.6%
2019 32.39 454th 594 23.6%
2021 43.33 363rd 589 38.4%
2022 37.27 446th 606 26.4%
2023 17.21 559th 616 9.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Ross Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.97 956th 1167 18.1%
2019 40.11 674th 1193 43.5%
2021 30.45 903rd 1213 25.6%
2022 45.99 582nd 1251 53.5%
2023 58.64 422nd 1273 66.8%
2024 48.98 554th 1271 56.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ross Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.83 918th 1895 51.6%
2019 41.84 1102nd 1935 43.0%
2021 22.43 1747th 2043 14.5%
2022 23.79 1745th 2077 16.0%
2023 25.77 1709th 2116 19.2%
2024 25.98 1735th 2108 17.7%
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Rank History for White students at Ross Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.70 1147th 1673 31.4%
2019 39.60 1069th 1684 36.5%
2021 20.64 1500th 1700 11.8%
2022 28.12 1374th 1723 20.3%
2023 16.83 1580th 1749 9.7%
2024 40.30 1075th 1724 37.6%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Ross Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 145 55 4 1070 n/a n/a n/a 0 1274
1989 127 56 5 1088 0 n/a n/a 0 1276
1990 142 63 3 1043 0 n/a n/a 0 1251
1991 126 56 4 994 0 n/a n/a 0 1180
1992 125 64 2 1005 2 n/a n/a 0 1198
1993 105 58 5 1067 4 n/a n/a 0 1239
1994 71 41 5 993 2 n/a n/a 0 1112
1995 72 45 1 983 3 n/a n/a 0 1104
1996 72 45 1 983 3 n/a n/a 0 1104
1997 64 46 3 975 3 n/a n/a 0 1091
1998 63 53 2 958 2 n/a n/a 0 1078
1999 62 52 2 917 3 n/a n/a 0 1036
2000 50 45 0 850 3 n/a n/a 0 948
2001 44 35 1 867 3 n/a n/a 0 950
2002 43 49 1 896 0 n/a n/a 0 989
2003 43 49 1 896 0 n/a n/a 0 989
2004 45 54 3 894 0 n/a n/a 0 996
2005 40 51 4 902 0 n/a n/a 0 997
2006 35 53 5 929 0 n/a n/a 0 1022
2007 28 49 3 924 1 n/a n/a 0 1005
2008 29 44 6 921 1 n/a n/a 0 1001
2009 28 39 6 903 0 n/a n/a 0 976
2010 30 40 15 938 2 n/a n/a 0 1025
2011 29 31 14 956 3 3 5 0 1041
2012 32 26 9 999 2 1 5 0 1074
2013 30 33 8 1035 2 0 2 0 1110
2014 27 44 13 1026 1 1 4 0 1116
2015 26 54 14 1017 1 1 3 0 1116
2016 31 56 16 1037 0 3 3 0 1146
2017 44 46 18 1005 0 3 6 0 1122
2018 58 53 17 1029 0 2 6 0 1165
2019 40 46 22 1038 1 1 6 0 1154
2020 47 46 18 1074 1 0 6 0 1192
2021 45 48 19 1042 1 1 8 0 1164
2022 53 51 14 912 1 0 5 0 1036
2023 56 54 17 811 0 0 7 0 945
2024 47 40 14 721 0 0 6 0 828

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ross Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1274 73.0 17.4 n/a
1989 1276 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1251 84.0 14.8 n/a
1991 1180 83.8 14.0 n/a
1992 1198 79.9 14.9 46.7
1993 1239 84.0 14.8 66.9
1994 1112 80.0 13.9 60.1
1995 1104 75.7 14.6 58.1
1996 1104 75.7 14.6 58.1
1997 1091 76.3 14.3 62.4
1998 1078 77.7 13.9 64
1999 1036 81.0 12.8 78.2
2000 948 77.0 12.3 73.7
2001 950 70.0 13.6 80
2002 989 72.5 13.6 82.3
2003 989 72.5 13.6 82.3
2004 996 67.0 14.9 78.3
2005 997 71.4 14.0 82.4
2006 1022 64.5 15.8 84.8
2007 1005 68.9 14.6 81.8
2008 1001 70.0 14.3 81.6
2009 976 69.9 14.0 80
2010 1025 67.0 15.2 82.1
2011 1041 68.4 15.2 85
2012 1074 66.4 16.1 84.9
2013 1110 65.6 16.9 84.6
2014 1116 69.9 15.9 84.6
2015 1116 79.0 14.1 81.5
2016 1146 78.0 14.6 83.2
2017 1122 78.3 14.3 83.9
2018 1165 77.5 15.0 83.8
2019 1154 80.5 14.3 84.5
2020 1192 78.2 15.2 81.9
2021 1164 78.5 14.8 83.2
2022 1036 76.8 13.4 86
2023 945 66.9 14.1 86.7
2024 828 65.6 12.6 86.4

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 Ross Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1274 73.0 17.4 n/a
1989 1276 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1251 84.0 14.8 n/a
1991 1180 83.8 14.0 n/a
1992 1198 79.9 14.9 46.7
1993 1239 84.0 14.8 66.9
1994 1112 80.0 13.9 60.1
1995 1104 75.7 14.6 58.1
1996 1104 75.7 14.6 58.1
1997 1091 76.3 14.3 62.4
1998 1078 77.7 13.9 64
1999 1036 81.0 12.8 78.2
2000 948 77.0 12.3 73.7
2001 950 70.0 13.6 80
2002 989 72.5 13.6 82.3
2003 989 72.5 13.6 82.3
2004 996 67.0 14.9 78.3
2005 997 71.4 14.0 82.4
2006 1022 64.5 15.8 84.8
2007 1005 68.9 14.6 81.8
2008 1001 70.0 14.3 81.6
2009 976 69.9 14.0 80
2010 1025 67.0 15.2 82.1
2011 1041 68.4 15.2 85
2012 1074 66.4 16.1 84.9
2013 1110 65.6 16.9 84.6
2014 1116 69.9 15.9 84.6
2015 1116 79.0 14.1 81.5
2016 1146 78.0 14.6 83.2
2017 1122 78.3 14.3 83.9
2018 1165 77.5 15.0 83.8
2019 1154 80.5 14.3 84.5
2020 1192 78.2 15.2 81.9
2021 1164 78.5 14.8 83.2
2022 1036 76.8 13.4 86
2023 945 66.9 14.1 86.7
2024 828 65.6 12.6 86.4

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 Ross Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,301 (14.2%) $7,857 (85.8%) $9,158
2020 $1,261 (14.2%) $7,606 (85.8%) $8,868
2021 $1,191 (12.8%) $8,105 (87.2%) $9,296

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Ross Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1392nd of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1889th of 2330 Middle schools
 17.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (Ross Middle)2229
 7%
   6th Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))3849
 11%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (Ross Middle)2713
 14%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))4531
 14%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (Ross Middle)4134
 7%
   7th Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))5152
 1%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Ross Middle)1410
 4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))2320
 3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Ross Middle)4847
 1%
   8th Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))5856
 2%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Ross Middle)5722
 35%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))5741
 16%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Ross Middle)4535
 10%
   8th Grade Science (Northside Independent School District (Isd))5350
 3%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Ross Middle)3017
 13%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Northside Independent School District (Isd))3736
 1%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Ross Middle)9778
 19%
   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 Students1154945
 18.1%
African American4654
 17.4%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian2217
 22.7%
Hispanic1038811
 21.9%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White4056
 40%
Two or More Races67
 16.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients84.5%86.7%
 2.2%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 828 students attended Ross Middle.

Students who attend Ross Middle usually go on to attend Holmes High School

Students at Ross Middle are 87% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% African American, 2% Asian.

Ross Middle ranks in the bottom 16.7% of Texas middle schools.


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