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CIBOLO VALLEY EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are down about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 60% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CIBOLO VALLEY EL
CIBOLO VALLEY EL is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in CIBOLO, Texas, run under SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD, educateing 591 students in grades pre-K through 4.
SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 14,947 students. CIBOLO VALLEY EL is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, CIBOLO VALLEY EL shows that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% White, 18% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Guadalupe County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CIBOLO VALLEY EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Guadalupe County's rate of about 45%.
With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CIBOLO VALLEY EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 60.1%; actual is 33.5%, a gap of -26.6 points.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Guadalupe County put median household earnings sit near $92,375, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Guadalupe County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,977 students), of which CIBOLO VALLEY EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: JOHN A SIPPEL EL, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CIBOLO VALLEY EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.0%.
CIBOLO VALLEY EL operates from an outer-ring location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CIBOLO VALLEY EL has ticked down 36%, going from 929 students in 2018 to 591 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment increased from 12% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Guadalupe County at a glance
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