CAMERON EL

As a close-knit K-5 school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, CAMERON EL hosts 344 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 34% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

CAMERON EL is one of 100 schools operated by SAN ANTONIO ISD, a district that serves 47,623 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CAMERON EL logs that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 46% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at CAMERON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CAMERON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bexar County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, 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 CAMERON EL is one.

The closest other public school is TYNAN EARLY CHILDHOOD CAMPUS, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CAMERON EL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.6%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 24%: 454 students in 2018 compared to 344 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 56% to 47%. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the CAMERON EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.