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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ADAMS HILL EL this year?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSIDE ISD·NCES 483312003687
Adams Hill Elementary School
9627 ADAMS HILL DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78245 · (210) 397-1400 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
396 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
33%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
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
26.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 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 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 38.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 16.0% | 30.0% | 44.0% |
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 | 37.0% | 26.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Adams Hill Elementary School
Adams Hill Elementary School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Hill Elementary School this school | 473 | 83.7% | 29.9% |
| Juan N Seguin Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 452 | 84.3% | 30.2% |
| IDEA Bluff Springs Academy AUSTIN | 521 | 84.1% | 34.4% |
| Beasley Elementary School BEASLEY | 453 | 82.3% | 48.4% |
| Oak Meadows Elementary School AUSTIN | 477 | 83.0% | 24.9% |
| Oak Grove Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 445 | 81.3% | 44.0% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Adams Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #3,677 of 4,401 | #211 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,174 of 4,466 ▼ 486 | #270 of 317 ▼ 56 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,937 of 4,466 ▼ 329 | #254 of 317 ▼ 48 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -22.0pp | #52 of 3,998 | #3 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #2,796 of 4,938 | #198 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #195 of 4,622 | #27 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.5% | #3,338 of 4,628 | #172 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.7% | #1,668 of 4,789 | #140 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #2,192 of 2,838 | #160 of 192 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
473
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 473 | 41.5 | 11.4:1 | 84% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 40 | 11.6:1 | 86% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 40 | 12.5:1 | 87% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 39 | 12.5:1 | 87% (426) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 39.8 | 12.9:1 | 79% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 41 | 13.8:1 | 84% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 78% (401) |
| 2000-01 | 410 | 33 | 12.4:1 | 67% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 689 | 35 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adams Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (515 to 473); teachers up 4% (39.8 to 41.5).
About Adams Hill Elementary School
Adams Hill Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. It has an enrollment of 473 students in pre-K through 5.
Adams Hill Elementary School is one of 127 schools in NORTHSIDE ISD, which enrolls 100,208 students in total.
The share of Hispanic students at Adams Hill Elementary School is 81%. Next come 8% Black, 7% White, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 60% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Adams Hill Elementary School scores 33%.
The school had 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.4:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 3.7 students per teacher. The school reported 84% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County, the school's rate is higher.
Adams Hill Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Texas public elementary schools.
Adams Hill Elementary School is 8.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (29.9% versus 37.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In the wider Bexar County area, median household income comes to about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bexar County counts 638 public schools with about 368,487 students.
About 0.9 miles separate Adams Hill Elementary School from the closest public school, Michael Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Adams Hill Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 29.9% versus a 40.3% average.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 15 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 12.5:1 to 11.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Michael Elementary School0.9 mi · 530
- Glenn Elementary School0.9 mi · 427
- Hatchett Elementary School1.2 mi · 588
- Harmony School of Excellence - San Antonio1.3 mi · 105
- Fisher Elementary School1.3 mi · 565
- IDEA Burke College Preparatory1.4 mi · 620
Frequently asked questions
About Adams Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Adams Hill Elementary School?
Adams Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 473 students in grades PK-05.
Is Adams Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Adams Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Adams Hill Elementary School have?
Adams Hill Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Adams Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Adams Hill Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 81% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Adams Hill Elementary School public or private?
Adams Hill Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.