CANDLEWOOD EL

CANDLEWOOD EL is a tight-knit primary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, run under JUDSON ISD. The school works with 263 students in grades 2 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 49% below typical.

JUDSON ISD comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 23,539 students; CANDLEWOOD EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, CANDLEWOOD EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 30% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Bexar County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CANDLEWOOD EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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), On a poverty-adjusted basis, CANDLEWOOD EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.0%; actual is 18.4%, a gap of -19.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bexar County) shows that median household earnings sit near $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which CANDLEWOOD EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CANDLEWOOD STEM ACADEMY PK-1, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CANDLEWOOD EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CANDLEWOOD EL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 30.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. CANDLEWOOD EL's enrollment has fell 57% since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 263). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 70% to 58%. Class-load math has widened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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