COLONIES NORTH EL

COLONIES NORTH EL is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD, teacheing 513 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within NORTHSIDE ISD, which oversees 128 schools and 100,435 students, COLONIES NORTH EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, COLONIES NORTH EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Asian, 12% White, 12% multiracial, 11% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, COLONIES NORTH EL shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, COLONIES NORTH EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.1%; COLONIES NORTH EL posts 25.1%, -14.0 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Bexar County put the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. COLONIES NORTH EL is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

The closest other public school is KIPP SOMOS PRI, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COLONIES NORTH EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), COLONIES NORTH EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.8%.

COLONIES NORTH EL operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. COLONIES NORTH EL's enrollment has decreased 32% since 2018, when it stood at 751 (now 513). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 24% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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