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Enrollment
787
Elementary
DISTRICT 713 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYS CISD·NCES 480001010808
Blanco Vista Elementary School
2951 BLANCO VISTA BLVD, SAN MARCOS, TX 78666 · (512) 268-8506 · Hays County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL787 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- 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
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
414 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 82 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (129).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 30.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Blanco Vista Elementary School
Blanco Vista Elementary School's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanco Vista Elementary School this school | 787 | 52.6% | 49.8% |
| Tobias Elementary School KYLE | 736 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| Fields Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 776 | 54.0% | 54.5% |
| Barnes Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 700 | 52.6% | 56.0% |
| Heritage Elementary School DEER PARK | 667 | 54.3% | 50.2% |
| Carpenter Elementary School DEER PARK | 837 | 56.0% | 45.5% |
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 Blanco Vista Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hays County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #1,451 of 4,401 | #13 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,448 of 4,466 ▼ 28 | #12 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,789 of 4,466 ▼ 327 | #19 of 31 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #1,350 of 3,998 | #12 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 787 | #495 of 4,938 | #7 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,134 of 4,622 | #17 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #2,815 of 4,628 | #22 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #3,475 of 4,789 | #16 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #2,579 of 2,838 | #13 of 17 |
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
787
+166 (+27%) vs 2020
+40% since 2010-11, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 787 | 53.7 | 14.7:1 | 53% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 50.7 | 14.2:1 | 59% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 731 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 58% (421) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 44% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 815 | 54.6 | 14.9:1 | 62% (506) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 52 | 15.0:1 | 68% (529) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 46 | 12.2:1 | 65% (364) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blanco Vista Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (815 to 787); teachers down 2% (54.6 to 53.7).
About Blanco Vista Elementary School
Blanco Vista Elementary School is an elementary school in SAN MARCOS, Texas, according to federal school records. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 787 students. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 52% higher.
The 27 schools in HAYS CISD enroll 24,330 students altogether, Blanco Vista Elementary School among them.
Hispanic students are 71% of those enrolled at Blanco Vista Elementary School. The remaining shares are 21% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Hays County's population at about 39%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 45%.
On staff are 53.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. Blanco Vista Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 53%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Blanco Vista Elementary School outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Blanco Vista Elementary School is -1.5 points: 49.8% actual, 51.2% predicted.
For Hays County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $89,097, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 63 public schools in the county, enrolling about 46,946, Blanco Vista Elementary School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Tobias Elementary School, is about 2.9 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Blanco Vista Elementary School is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 787 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 621.
On allk12, people connected to Blanco Vista Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hays County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,638
Census ACS
Median income
$89,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
46,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAYS CISD
- Moe and Gene Johnson High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Jack C Hays High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lehman High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Dr T C McCormick Jr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,198 students
- Camino Real Elementary SchoolElementary · 962 students
- Uhland Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Other schools in SAN MARCOS
- San Marcos High SchoolHigh · 2,371 students
- Miller Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
- Goodnight Middle SchoolMiddle · 884 students
- Dezavala Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Hernandez Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
Nearby schools
- Tobias Elementary School2.9 mi · 736
- Laura B Wallace Middle School3.1 mi · 831
- Kyle Elementary School3.3 mi · 633
- Texas Preparatory School3.7 mi · 61
- Travis Elementary School3.8 mi · 440
- Ki Charter Academy3.9 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About Blanco Vista Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Blanco Vista Elementary School?
Blanco Vista Elementary School enrolls approximately 787 students in grades PK-05.
Is Blanco Vista Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Blanco Vista Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Blanco Vista Elementary School have?
Blanco Vista Elementary School employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blanco Vista Elementary School?
At Blanco Vista Elementary School, the student body is approximately 21% White, 71% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Blanco Vista Elementary School public or private?
Blanco Vista Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HAYS CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.