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Enrollment
738
Elementary
DISTRICT 665 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMAL ISD·NCES 481473011919
Clear Spring Elementary School
550 AVERY PKWY, NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78130 · (830) 837-7300 · Guadalupe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL738 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
391 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 35.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 42.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
Schools most like Clear Spring Elementary School
Clear Spring Elementary School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Spring Elementary School this school | 738 | 53.0% | 43.5% |
| Rosehill Elementary School TOMBALL | 751 | 51.9% | 53.5% |
| Cedric C Smith MAGNOLIA | 738 | 57.0% | 65.3% |
| Floresville North Elementary School FLORESVILLE | 790 | 50.3% | 46.0% |
| Flour Bluff Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 742 | 55.3% | 49.3% |
| Colony Oaks Elementary School BASTROP | 824 | 51.6% | 36.3% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Clear Spring Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Guadalupe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #2,152 of 4,401 | #9 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,953 of 4,466 ▼ 742 | #12 of 22 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,238 of 4,466 ▼ 354 | #8 of 22 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #885 of 3,998 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 738 | #696 of 4,938 | #4 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,851 of 4,622 | #11 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #1,660 of 4,628 | #12 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.0% | #3,455 of 4,789 | #10 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #2,627 of 2,838 | #13 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
738
+34 (+5%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 738 | 47.8 | 15.4:1 | 53% (391) |
| 2023-24 | 674 | 43.8 | 15.4:1 | 53% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 51 | 16.4:1 | 55% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 704 | 48 | 14.7:1 | 51% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 759 | 46.8 | 16.2:1 | 52% (392) |
| 2015-16 | 745 | 46 | 16.2:1 | 50% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 52% (284) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clear Spring Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (759 to 738); teachers up 2% (46.8 to 47.8).
About Clear Spring Elementary School
Located in NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, Clear Spring Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 738 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 42% higher than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
Clear Spring Elementary School sits within COMAL ISD, which has 37 schools and 29,839 students.
At 57%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Clear Spring Elementary School combined. The remaining students are 31% White, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among people living in Guadalupe County, the Hispanic share is about 39%. Clear Spring Elementary School has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Clear Spring Elementary School is 47.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.4:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. About 53% of students, or 391, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 45% average for public schools in Guadalupe County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Clear Spring Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 43.5% actual against 51.1% predicted.
Within Guadalupe County, median household income is about $92,375, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 49 public schools in Guadalupe County, with a combined enrollment of about 30,977.
Nearby, Farias-Spitzer Elementary School is about 1.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Clear Spring Elementary School is 5th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Clear Spring Elementary School is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
The number of students climbed from 704 to 738 over 4 years.
The Clear Spring Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Guadalupe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,642
Census ACS
Median income
$92,375
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
30,977 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COMAL ISD
- Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Smithson Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,098 students
- Pieper High SchoolHigh · 2,093 students
- Canyon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,251 students
- Davenport High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- Johnson Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,185 students
Other schools in NEW BRAUNFELS
- Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- New Braunfels High SchoolHigh · 1,990 students
- New Braunfels Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- Canyon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,251 students
- Oakrun Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Veramendi Elementary SchoolElementary · 935 students
Other Clear Spring Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Clear Spring Elementary. Clear Spring Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Clear Spring Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 314 students
- Clear Spring ElementaryClear Spring, MD · 398 students
Nearby schools
- Farias-Spitzer Elementary School1.6 mi · 588
- Freiheit Elementary School3.4 mi · 662
- Canyon Middle School3.5 mi · 1,251
- Premier H S of New Braunfels3.8 mi · 72
- Canyon High School3.9 mi · 2,414
- Church Hill Middle School4.0 mi · 780
Frequently asked questions
About Clear Spring Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clear Spring Elementary School?
Clear Spring Elementary School enrolls approximately 738 students in grades PK-05.
Is Clear Spring Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clear Spring Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Clear Spring Elementary School have?
Clear Spring Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clear Spring Elementary School?
At Clear Spring Elementary School, the student body is approximately 31% White, 57% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Clear Spring Elementary School in?
Clear Spring Elementary School is part of COMAL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.