BOB HOPE EL

Set in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, BOB HOPE EL is a reasonably sized K-5 school, run under SOUTHWEST ISD. It hosts 488 students across grades pre-K through 5.

BOB HOPE EL is one of 18 schools operated by SOUTHWEST ISD, a district that educates 14,833 students overall.

On the student-mix side, BOB HOPE EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). The remainder consists of 3% White, 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, BOB HOPE EL lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BOB HOPE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 89% of students at BOB HOPE EL qualify 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 somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BOB HOPE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 24.7%, a residual of -10.4 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bexar County put median household income runs about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 BOB HOPE EL is one.

The closest other public school is FRANK L MADLA EARLY COLLEGE H S, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BOB HOPE EL. On composite proficiency, BOB HOPE EL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BOB HOPE EL has increased 19%, going from 410 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025.

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