Briesemeister Middle School

Size

Of the 2 middle schools in Seguin ISD, Briesemeister Middle School is the largest, with 10.9% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 10.1 miles away and have a median of 897 students, so Briesemeister Middle School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 6 with 280 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 252, against an average of 266 per grade. This year grade 8 has 10% fewer students than grade 6 (252 against 280). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 71.8% of enrollment, about the same share as across Seguin ISD (71.6%). White students are next, at 21.3%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

75.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 71.7% across Seguin ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Briesemeister Middle School has 47.41 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 798 students would have about 55.4 teachers, so Briesemeister Middle School has 8 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

NCES classifies its location as town, fringe, which means it is in a town no more than 10 miles from an urbanized area. The nearest other middle school is Jim Barnes Middle School, 3.5 miles away in the same district. There is 1 middle school within 5 miles and 4 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.