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If you had an hour of school board time for ARNOLD EL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
633
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN ANTONIO ISD·NCES 483873004323
Arnold Elementary School
467 FREILING DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78213 · (210) 438-6530 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL633 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- A-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
16.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
592 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 121 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 22.0% | 23.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
29.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Arnold Elementary School
Arnold Elementary School's state test result (29.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Elementary School this school | 633 | 93.5% | 29.2% |
| E H Gilbert Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 633 | 93.5% | 25.1% |
| Charles Graebner Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 651 | 93.7% | 17.8% |
| Burns Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 651 | 93.7% | 60.6% |
| IDEA Academy Mission MISSION | 664 | 93.4% | 44.9% |
| Vardeman Ec/PK/K HOUSTON | 624 | 94.2% | N/A |
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 Arnold Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #3,743 of 4,401 | #218 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,097 of 4,466 ▲ 1,496 | #99 of 317 ▲ 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,179 of 4,466 ▲ 593 | #187 of 317 ▲ 43 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #987 of 3,998 | #66 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #1,375 of 4,938 | #96 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,527 of 4,622 | #234 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.4% | #4,211 of 4,628 | #292 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #683 of 4,789 | #54 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #911 of 1,307 | #45 of 70 |
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
633
+66 (+12%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 633 | 38.7 | 16.4:1 | 94% (592) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 36.5 | 16.2:1 | 94% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 36.9 | 14.4:1 | 92% (489) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 89% (506) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 92% (543) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 94% (617) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 38 | 16.7:1 | 50% (314) |
| 2000-01 | 424 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 40% (169) |
| 1990-91 | 382 | 22 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arnold Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (593 to 633); teachers down 3% (40 to 38.7).
About Arnold Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Arnold Elementary School is part of SAN ANTONIO ISD. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 633 students. The school is 22% above the average for elementary schools in Texas.
District-wide, SAN ANTONIO ISD has 100 schools and 47,623 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Arnold Elementary School is Hispanic, at 96%. Bexar County's residents are about 60% Hispanic, 37 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Arnold Elementary School scores 7%.
Classroom staffing at Arnold Elementary School totals 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 94% of students (592) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Bexar County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
Arnold Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 33.8% at Arnold Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.2%.
For the population of Bexar County, median household income comes to about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bexar County's 638 public schools enroll about 368,487 students and include Arnold Elementary School.
Arnold Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Compass Rose Opportunity, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 25.9% on proficiency, and Arnold Elementary School is above that at 29.2%.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 12%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.9:1 in 2020-21, and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Arnold Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 SAN ANTONIO ISD
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,706 students
- Lanier High SchoolHigh · 1,620 students
- Brackenridge High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Highlands High SchoolHigh · 1,478 students
- Burbank High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 1,360 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
Other Arnold Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Arnold Elementary. Arnold Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- ARNOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 673 students
- Arnold Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GA · 454 students
- Arnold ElementaryArnold, MD · 454 students
- Arnold Elementary SchoolMICHIGAN CENTER, MI · 321 students
- ARNOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLARNOLD, NE · 121 students
Nearby schools
- Compass Rose Opportunity0.3 mi · 95
- Compass Rose Impact0.3 mi · 103
- Compass Rose Dream0.3 mi · 326
- Stepping Stones Academy0.7 mi · 9
- Dellview Elementary School0.8 mi · 326
- Pre-K Academy at West Avenue0.9 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Arnold Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Arnold Elementary School?
Arnold Elementary School enrolls approximately 633 students in grades PK-05.
Is Arnold Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Arnold Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Arnold Elementary School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Arnold Elementary School.
How diverse is Arnold Elementary School?
Arnold Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Arnold Elementary School public or private?
Arnold Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.