Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN ANTONIO ISD·NCES 483873004393
David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School
1111 S NAVIDAD ST, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78207 · (210) 978-7940 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
344 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 57 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 22.0% | 22.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 15.0% | 28.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 39.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 9.0% |
| 2020-21 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
% 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
30.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School
David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School's state test result (30.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School this school | 355 | 96.9% | 30.8% |
| Lorenzo De Zavala Elementary School DALLAS | 369 | 96.7% | 32.5% |
| Houston Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 356 | 95.2% | 40.9% |
| Bishop Arts Steam Academy DALLAS | 349 | 96.0% | 37.3% |
| Ketelsen Elementary School HOUSTON | 382 | 96.6% | 43.4% |
| Maria Moreno Steam Academy DALLAS | 344 | 95.6% | 39.9% |
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 David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #3,590 of 4,401 | #205 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,120 of 4,466 ▼ 193 | #262 of 317 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,789 of 4,466 ▼ 263 | #238 of 317 ▼ 39 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -17.5pp | #110 of 3,998 | #12 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #3,840 of 4,938 | #272 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,507 of 4,622 | #175 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #3,778 of 4,628 | #219 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #287 of 4,789 | #26 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #627 of 2,838 | #57 of 192 |
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
355
-54 (-13%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 355 | 23.6 | 15.1:1 | 97% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 16.1 | 18.3:1 | 97% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 19.6 | 16.5:1 | 97% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 94% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 94% (460) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 32 | 18.6:1 | 95% (568) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 36% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 222 | 18 | 12.3:1 | 25% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 322 | 17 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (491 to 355); teachers down 21% (30 to 23.6).
About David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School
In SAN ANTONIO, Texas, part of Bexar County, David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School is an elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 355 students. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 32% smaller than that.
SAN ANTONIO ISD enrolls 47,623 students, and its 100 schools include David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School.
Hispanic students are the large majority at David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School, with 90% of enrollment. Next come 5% Black, 3% White, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 60% Hispanic among all Bexar County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.1:1, with 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 97% of enrollment. It compares with 63% for public schools in Bexar County.
David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School is -1.6 points: 30.8% actual, 32.3% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Bexar County, median household income is about $72,341, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School is among the 638 public schools in Bexar County.
The shortest distance from David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to El DAEP. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School places 1st of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School's location as City: Large.
Enrollment was 409 in 2020-21 and 355 in 2024-25, a decrease of 54 students.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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Nearby schools
- El DAEP0.0 mi · 7
- De Zavala Elementary School0.5 mi · 388
- Promesa Academy Charter School0.5 mi · 248
- J T Brackenridge Elementary School0.7 mi · 597
- Lanier High School0.7 mi · 1,620
- DAEP0.8 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary SchoolHow large is David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School?
David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School enrolls approximately 355 students in grades PK-05.
Is David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School have?
David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
How diverse is David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School?
David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 90% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School?
David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School is overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.