Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN ANTONIO ISD·NCES 483873004325
Beacon Hill Primary School
1411 W ASHBY PL, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78201 · (210) 738-9765 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–02ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- AThree-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
18.0:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
236 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 83 | 31% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 22% |
Student demographics
21%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Beacon Hill Primary School→Agnes Cotton Academy
Based on grade levels within SAN ANTONIO ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2023-24
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 30.0% | 21.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 21.0% | 31.0% | 42.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 18.0% | 16.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Beacon Hill Primary School
Beacon Hill Primary School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Hill Primary School this school | 267 | 88.4% | 34.1% |
| Lighthouse Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 273 | 89.0% | 15.2% |
| Newman Elementary School EL PASO | 246 | 88.6% | 36.2% |
| Wooten Elementary School AUSTIN | 272 | 91.2% | 22.1% |
| Odom Elementary School AUSTIN | 286 | 86.0% | 28.8% |
| The Lion Lane School HOUSTON | 268 | 91.8% | 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 Beacon Hill Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #3,249 of 4,401 | #171 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,119 of 4,466 ▼ 267 | #261 of 317 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,060 of 4,466 ▲ 1,228 | #176 of 317 ▲ 115 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.5pp | #287 of 3,998 | #20 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #4,372 of 4,938 | #302 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #4,218 of 4,622 | #276 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #3,737 of 4,628 | #212 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.4% | #1,246 of 4,789 | #108 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.7% | #348 of 2,838 | #27 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
267
-128 (-32%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 267 | 14.8 | 18.0:1 | 88% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 23.6 | 15.7:1 | 96% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 26.2 | 13.6:1 | 94% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 92% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 31.2 | 12.9:1 | 92% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 95% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 525 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 45% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 27% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 29 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beacon Hill Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (403 to 267); teachers down 52% (31.2 to 14.8).
About Beacon Hill Primary School
Beacon Hill Primary School is a low-enrollment elementary school that serves part of SAN ANTONIO, Texas. It reported 267 students in pre-K through 2 in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 49% below the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
The district, SAN ANTONIO ISD, operates 100 schools serving 47,623 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Beacon Hill Primary School is Hispanic, at 89%. The school is also 5% White and 4% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 60%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Beacon Hill Primary School scores 21%.
The school's 14.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 2.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Beacon Hill Primary School outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Beacon Hill Primary School is 1.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 34.1%. Predicted: 35.9%.
In the surrounding county, Bexar County, median household income comes to about $72,341, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 638 public schools and about 368,487 students.
Beacon Hill Primary School's nearest public school is Triumph Public High Schools-San Antonio (about 0.1 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Beacon Hill Primary School places 5th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Beacon Hill Primary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 267, compared with 395 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.1:1 to 18.0:1.
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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 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
Nearby schools
- Triumph Public High Schools-San Antonio0.1 mi · 62
- Woodlawn Academy0.8 mi · 595
- Nelson Early Childhood Campus0.8 mi · 162
- Agnes Cotton Academy0.9 mi · 455
- Great Hearts Monte Vista1.0 mi · 468
- Mark Twain Dual Language Academy1.0 mi · 694
Frequently asked questions
About Beacon Hill Primary SchoolHow large is Beacon Hill Primary School?
Beacon Hill Primary School enrolls approximately 267 students in grades PK-02.
Is Beacon Hill Primary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beacon Hill Primary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-02.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Beacon Hill Primary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Beacon Hill Primary School is approximately 18.0:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Beacon Hill Primary School?
Student demographics at Beacon Hill Primary School are roughly 5% White, 89% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Beacon Hill Primary School in?
Beacon Hill Primary School is part of SAN ANTONIO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.