Elaine S Schlather Intermediate School

Size

Elaine S Schlather Intermediate School is the 4th largest of Schertz-Cibolo-U City ISD's 5 middle schools; its 724 students are 4.8% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 3.7 miles away and have a median of 992 students, so Elaine S Schlather Intermediate School is smaller than most of them.

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 5 with 385 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 339, against an average of 362 per grade. This year grade 6 has 12% fewer students than grade 5 (339 against 385). 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 40.9% of enrollment, a lower share than across Schertz-Cibolo-U City ISD (48%). White students are next, at 32%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

24% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 32% across Schertz-Cibolo-U City ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

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

Teachers

Elaine S Schlather Intermediate School has 48.41 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 724 students would have about 50.3 teachers, so Elaine S Schlather Intermediate School has 1.9 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 suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other middle school is Barbara Jordan Intermediate School, 1.5 miles away in the same district. There are 5 middle schools within 5 miles and 18 within 10 miles.

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