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What tradition at BELLAIRE EL should never be changed?
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Enrollment
674
Elementary
DISTRICT 604 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLANDALE ISD·NCES 482247002252
Bellaire Elementary School
142 E AMBER PL, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78221 · (210) 989-2850 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% 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.
- DBeats 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
14.7:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
565 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 | 105 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
35.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 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 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 22.0% | 24.0% | 41.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 20.0% | 27.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 35.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 20.0% |
| 2021-22 | 19.0% | 11.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Bellaire Elementary School
Bellaire Elementary School's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellaire Elementary School this school | 674 | 83.8% | 23.6% |
| Edith & Ethel Carman Elementary School SAN JUAN | 686 | 84.5% | 46.9% |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School PENITAS | 676 | 83.1% | 46.1% |
| Ruiz Elementary School LAREDO | 660 | 85.5% | 51.3% |
| Truman Elementary School EDINBURG | 696 | 85.9% | 45.3% |
| IDEA Rio Grande City Academy RIO GRANDE CITY | 717 | 85.2% | 47.6% |
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 Bellaire Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #4,121 of 4,401 | #267 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #4,058 of 4,466 ▲ 294 | #254 of 317 ▲ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #4,061 of 4,466 ▼ 39 | #270 of 317 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #1,387 of 3,998 | #91 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #1,092 of 4,938 | #79 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,176 of 4,622 | #152 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.3% | #4,309 of 4,628 | #298 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #1,656 of 4,789 | #139 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #1,050 of 1,307 | #55 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
674
+182 (+37%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
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 | 674 | 45.9 | 14.7:1 | 84% (565) |
| 2023-24 | 697 | 37.8 | 18.5:1 | 86% (601) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 91% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 93% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 43.3 | 15.0:1 | 85% (548) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 40 | 16.3:1 | 91% (593) |
| 2010-11 | 688 | 40 | 17.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 23% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 614 | 35 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bellaire Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (648 to 674); teachers up 6% (43.3 to 45.9).
About Bellaire Elementary School
At 142 E AMBER PL in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Bellaire Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 674 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 30% higher than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
A total of 21 schools make up HARLANDALE ISD, with 11,564 students enrolled.
The student body at Bellaire Elementary School is 97% Hispanic. By comparison, Bexar County residents are about 60% Hispanic. Bellaire Elementary School's diversity index is 5%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 45.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.7:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Bellaire Elementary School is 84%. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County is 21 points.
Bellaire Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 8% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Bellaire Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% in Texas. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 23.6%, against a prediction of 37.9%.
Within Bexar County, the median household income is $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Bellaire Elementary School, Bexar County has 637 other public schools.
Terrell Wells Middle School is located about 0.5 miles from Bellaire Elementary School. The five-mile area around Bellaire Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 23.6% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 674 students in 2024-25, 182 more than the 492 it had in 2020-21.
Discussions about Bellaire Elementary School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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 HARLANDALE ISD
- Harlandale High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- McCollum High SchoolHigh · 1,502 students
- Harlandale Middle SchoolMiddle · 732 students
- V M Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 732 students
- H W Schulze Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
- Stonewall/Flanders Elementary SchoolElementary · 691 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 Bellaire Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Bellaire Elementary. Bellaire Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolHURST, TX · 672 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolBellaire, OH · 489 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolCarlisle, PA · 407 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolBossier City, LA · 406 students
Nearby schools
- Terrell Wells Middle School0.5 mi · 592
- McCollum High School0.6 mi · 1,502
- Kingsborough Middle School0.8 mi · 542
- IDEA South Flores Academy0.9 mi · 680
- IDEA South Flores College Preparatory0.9 mi · 715
- H W Schulze Elementary School1.0 mi · 726
Frequently asked questions
About Bellaire Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bellaire Elementary School?
Bellaire Elementary School enrolls approximately 674 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bellaire Elementary School serve?
Bellaire Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bellaire Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bellaire Elementary School is approximately 14.7:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bellaire Elementary School?
At Bellaire Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Bellaire Elementary School?
Bellaire Elementary School is overseen by HARLANDALE ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.