BELLAIRE EL

Located at 142 E AMBER PL, in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, BELLAIRE EL is an average-sized elementary campus that teaches 674 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by HARLANDALE ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 30% above the state mean of about 519.

HARLANDALE ISD runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 11,564 students. BELLAIRE EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BELLAIRE EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BELLAIRE EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.3%; this one comes in at 23.3%, -14.0 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Bexar County reports that median household income runs about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), BELLAIRE EL is one campus in the mix.

TERRELL WELLS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BELLAIRE EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BELLAIRE EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BELLAIRE EL has rose 4%, going from 648 students in 2018 to 674 in 2025.

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