BEHLAU EL

BEHLAU EL operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 623 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 20% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

BEHLAU EL is one of 128 schools operated by NORTHSIDE ISD, a district that works with 100,435 students overall.

Demographically, BEHLAU EL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school logs 10% Black, 9% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, BEHLAU EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 57.3%; BEHLAU EL posts 41.7%, -15.6 points below that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Bexar County shows median household earnings sit near $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. BEHLAU EL is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

Nearest neighbor: MORA EL, around 0.6 miles off. 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), BEHLAU EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. BEHLAU EL's enrollment has edged down 44% since 2018, when it stood at 1,105 (now 623). The White share of enrollment declined from 21% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the BEHLAU EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.