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Enrollment
916
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH EAST ISD·NCES 483294010432
BULVERDE CREEK
3839 CANYON PKWY, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78259 · (210) 407-1000 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL916 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
349 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
65.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
916
-185 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 16.7:1
% White
30%
was 37%
% Hispanic
50%
was 46%
% Black
5%
was 6%
% Asian
9%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BULVERDE CREEK
As a high-enrollment elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, BULVERDE CREEK hosts 916 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by NORTH EAST ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 76% above typical.
NORTH EAST ISD comprises 75 schools with combined enrollment of 56,420 students; BULVERDE CREEK is among them.
On the student-mix side, BULVERDE CREEK reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 9% Asian, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully less Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school reports having 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Bexar County's rate of about 63%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BULVERDE CREEK sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.2%; this one delivers 62.8%.
Across the wider county, census data for Bexar County shows median household income runs about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 BULVERDE CREEK is one.
Nearest neighbor: HILL MIDDLE, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BULVERDE CREEK. On composite proficiency, BULVERDE CREEK comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 67.8%.
BULVERDE CREEK operates from a metropolitan location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 1,101 students in 2018 compared to 916 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 37% to 30%.
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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 NORTH EAST ISD
- REAGAN H SHigh · 3,403 students
- JOHNSON H SHigh · 3,196 students
- MADISON H SHigh · 2,616 students
- ROOSEVELT H SHigh · 2,431 students
- CHURCHILL H SHigh · 2,308 students
- LEGACY OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE H SHigh · 2,285 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- REAGAN H SHigh · 3,403 students
- EAST CENTRAL H SHigh · 3,362 students
- JOHNSON H SHigh · 3,196 students
- BRENNAN H SHigh · 2,965 students
- HARLAN H SHigh · 2,778 students
- CLARK H SHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- HILL MIDDLE0.4 mi · 1,057
- ENCINO PARK EL1.5 mi · 607
- TEJEDA MIDDLE1.6 mi · 1,014
- ROAN FOREST EL1.9 mi · 873
- JOHNSON H S2.0 mi · 3,196
- LAUREL RIDGE2.4 mi · 39
Frequently asked questions
About BULVERDE CREEKHow large is BULVERDE CREEK?
BULVERDE CREEK enrolls approximately 916 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BULVERDE CREEK serve?
BULVERDE CREEK serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at BULVERDE CREEK?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at BULVERDE CREEK.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BULVERDE CREEK?
At BULVERDE CREEK, the student body is approximately 30% White, 50% Hispanic, 5% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is BULVERDE CREEK public or private?
BULVERDE CREEK is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTH EAST ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.