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How has ALKEK EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BANDERA ISD·NCES 480936000394
Alkek Elementary School
1798 HWY 173 S, BANDERA, TX 78003 · (830) 460-3900 · Bandera County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
13.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
340 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 44 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within BANDERA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 22.0% | 24.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 22.0% | 23.0% | 40.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Alkek Elementary School
Alkek Elementary School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alkek Elementary School this school | 574 | 59.2% | 40.9% |
| Wright Elementary School WEATHERFORD | 528 | 59.7% | 42.0% |
| Nola Kathryn Wilson Elementary School CRANDALL | 512 | 59.6% | 38.1% |
| Chamberlin Elementary School STEPHENVILLE | 503 | 56.3% | N/A |
| Hanna Springs Elementary School LAMPASAS | 685 | 59.1% | 43.5% |
| Colt Elementary School MARBLE FALLS | 572 | 58.4% | 43.1% |
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 Alkek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,470 of 4,401 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,188 of 4,466 ▼ 393 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,311 of 4,466 ▼ 228 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,256 of 3,998 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #1,812 of 4,938 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,253 of 4,622 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #2,102 of 4,628 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #3,152 of 4,789 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #2,618 of 2,838 |
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
574
+13 (+2%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 574 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 59% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 40.9 | 15.1:1 | 63% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 630 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 61% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 55% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 34.2 | 17.3:1 | 56% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 62% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 628 | 45 | 14.0:1 | 61% (384) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 50 | 12.1:1 | 47% (285) |
| 1990-91 | 713 | 43 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alkek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (591 to 574); teachers up 23% (34.2 to 42).
About Alkek Elementary School
The public elementary school Alkek Elementary School is located in BANDERA, Texas. Enrollment totals 574 students across pre-K through 5.
Alkek Elementary School is one of 4 schools in BANDERA ISD, which enrolls 2,218 students in total.
White students are 52% of those enrolled at Alkek Elementary School. The next largest groups are 44% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Bandera County overall, about 77% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 13.7:1 is based on 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 1.4 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 59%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Alkek Elementary School outscored 32%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Alkek Elementary School is 48.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.9%.
The school is in Bandera County, where the median household earns about $75,813 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Alkek Elementary School shares Bandera County with 4 other public schools.
Alkek Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Bandera Middle School, about 1.9 miles away. Within five miles of Alkek Elementary School, there are 2 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Alkek Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Alkek Elementary School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 561 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 574. Students per teacher dropped from 15.2 in 2020-21 to 13.7 in 2024-25.
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Bandera County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,021
Census ACS
Median income
$75,813
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
2,461 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BANDERA ISD
- Bandera High SchoolHigh · 664 students
- Bandera Middle SchoolMiddle · 534 students
- Hill Country Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
Other schools in BANDERA
- Bandera High SchoolHigh · 664 students
- Bandera Middle SchoolMiddle · 534 students
Nearby schools
- Bandera Middle School1.9 mi · 534
- Bandera High School2.1 mi · 664
- Hill Country Elementary School8.0 mi · 446
- Medina School13.2 mi · 243
- Center Point High School16.6 mi · 163
- Center Point Elementary School16.6 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Alkek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Alkek Elementary School?
Alkek Elementary School enrolls approximately 574 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Alkek Elementary School serve?
Alkek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alkek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alkek Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Alkek Elementary School?
Alkek Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 44% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Alkek Elementary School?
Alkek Elementary School is overseen by BANDERA ISD in Bandera County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.