Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDGEWOOD ISD·NCES 481815001606
Alonso S Perales Elementary School
1507 CERALVO ST, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78237 · (210) 898-4260 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
16.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
424 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 51 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
41.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 18.0% | 27.0% | 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 | 41.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 20.0% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Alonso S Perales Elementary School
Alonso S Perales Elementary School's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alonso S Perales Elementary School this school | 469 | 90.4% | 33.6% |
| Travis Elementary School MERCEDES | 478 | 90.0% | 32.3% |
| Thomas Manor EL PASO | 462 | 90.9% | 41.7% |
| Lyndon B Johnson Elementary School ELSA | 470 | 91.9% | 32.9% |
| Montana Vista Elementary School EL PASO | 457 | 90.2% | 40.9% |
| Presidio Elementary School PRESIDIO | 446 | 90.8% | 19.3% |
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 Alonso S Perales Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #3,298 of 4,401 | #174 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #3,985 of 4,466 ▼ 526 | #246 of 317 ▼ 54 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #3,553 of 4,466 ▼ 449 | #216 of 317 ▼ 48 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #2,134 of 3,998 | #139 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #2,836 of 4,938 | #200 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #3,409 of 4,622 | #226 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.4% | #4,394 of 4,628 | #309 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #1,028 of 4,789 | #92 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #2,772 of 2,838 | #188 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
469
+129 (+38%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 469 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 90% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 22.7 | 17.1:1 | 87% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 20 | 17.6:1 | 93% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 18 | 18.9:1 | 96% (326) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 33.3 | 14.2:1 | 95% (448) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 97% (513) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 23% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 514 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 90% (461) |
| 1990-91 | 704 | 35 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alonso S Perales Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (474 to 469); teachers down 13% (33.3 to 29).
About Alonso S Perales Elementary School
Alonso S Perales Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The school has 469 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Alonso S Perales Elementary School is a school in EDGEWOOD ISD. The district has 25 schools and 8,439 students.
The share of students at Alonso S Perales Elementary School who are Hispanic is 98%. County-wide, 60% of Bexar County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 3% means there is a 3% chance two randomly chosen students at Alonso S Perales Elementary School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 29 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.2:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 90%. Across public schools in Bexar County, the average is 63%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Alonso S Perales Elementary School outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Alonso S Perales Elementary School is 1.4 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 33.6% actual, 35.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
In Bexar County, median household income comes to about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 638, with about 368,487 students.
Alonso S Perales Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Carvajal Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Alonso S Perales Elementary School is ahead of the 19.2% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 38% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 18.9 in 2020-21 to 16.2 in 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
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Frequently asked questions
About Alonso S Perales Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Alonso S Perales Elementary School?
Alonso S Perales Elementary School enrolls approximately 469 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Alonso S Perales Elementary School serve?
Alonso S Perales Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Alonso S Perales Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Alonso S Perales Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alonso S Perales Elementary School?
At Alonso S Perales Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is Alonso S Perales Elementary School in?
Alonso S Perales Elementary School is part of EDGEWOOD ISD.
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