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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSIDE ISD·NCES 483312007811
CARSON EL
8151 OLD TEZEL RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78250 · (210) 397-1100 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
179 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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
56.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +13.0pp 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 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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
488
-98 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.2:1
% White
20%
was 27%
% Hispanic
74%
was 64%
% Black
2%
was 4%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CARSON EL
Set in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, CARSON EL is a reasonably sized elementary school, part of NORTHSIDE ISD. It educates 488 students across grades pre-K through 5.
NORTHSIDE ISD comprises 128 schools with combined enrollment of 100,435 students; CARSON EL is among them.
Demographically, CARSON EL logs that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CARSON EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 37% of students at CARSON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is south of typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CARSON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.9%; this one delivers 47.9%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bexar County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 CARSON EL is one.
The closest other public school is STEVENSON MIDDLE, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CARSON EL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CARSON EL has contracted 17%, going from 586 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 64% to 74% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.
On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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 NORTHSIDE ISD
- BRENNAN H SHigh · 2,965 students
- HARLAN H SHigh · 2,778 students
- CLARK H SHigh · 2,750 students
- TAFT H SHigh · 2,670 students
- BRANDEIS H SHigh · 2,657 students
- MARSHALL H SHigh · 2,634 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
- STEVENSON MIDDLE0.4 mi · 779
- BRAUN STATION EL0.7 mi · 332
- FERNANDEZ EL1.0 mi · 416
- SECOND CHANCE ACADEMY1.0 mi · 8
- CONNALLY MIDDLE1.0 mi · 692
- NICHOLS EL1.2 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About CARSON ELWhat is the total enrollment at CARSON EL?
CARSON EL enrolls approximately 488 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CARSON EL serve?
CARSON EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CARSON EL?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at CARSON EL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CARSON EL?
At CARSON EL, the student body is approximately 20% White, 74% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is CARSON EL in?
CARSON EL is part of NORTHSIDE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.