BEARD EL

BEARD EL is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in HELOTES, Texas, run under NORTHSIDE ISD, teacheing 499 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within NORTHSIDE ISD, which oversees 128 schools and 100,435 students, BEARD EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BEARD EL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% White, 11% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably less Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BEARD EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BEARD EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.6%, the actual is 68.8%, a residual of +0.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Bexar County reports that median household income runs about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which BEARD EL is one.

The closest other public school is GARCIA MIDDLE, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BEARD EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 30%: 713 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.