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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSIDE ISD·NCES 483312003699
ESPARZA EL
5700 HEMPHILL DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78228 · (210) 397-1850 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
389 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
37.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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
462
-194 (-30%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 14.0:1
% White
2%
was 4%
% Hispanic
95%
was 94%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ESPARZA EL
ESPARZA EL, a mid-tier elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, one of the schools within NORTHSIDE ISD, teaches 462 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
NORTHSIDE ISD comprises 128 schools with combined enrollment of 100,435 students; ESPARZA EL is among them.
On demographics, ESPARZA EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). Other groups include 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.
In terms of school funding signals, ESPARZA EL reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ESPARZA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.1%, the actual is 32.4%, a residual of -4.7 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bexar County) logs that median household earnings sit near $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. ESPARZA EL is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
ROSS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ESPARZA EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.7%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Looking at the recent track record. ESPARZA EL's enrollment has shrank 30% since 2018, when it stood at 656 (now 462). Class-load math has tightened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.
On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- ROSS MIDDLE0.2 mi · 828
- LINTON EL0.7 mi · 368
- MARTIN EL0.9 mi · 537
- IDEA INGRAM HILLS COLLEGE PREPARATORY0.9 mi · 543
- IDEA INGRAM HILLS ACADEMY0.9 mi · 588
- VILLARREAL EL0.9 mi · 532
Frequently asked questions
About ESPARZA ELHow many students attend ESPARZA EL?
ESPARZA EL enrolls approximately 462 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ESPARZA EL serve?
ESPARZA EL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at ESPARZA EL?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at ESPARZA EL.
How diverse is ESPARZA EL?
ESPARZA EL reports a student body of 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is ESPARZA EL public or private?
ESPARZA EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.