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What's something FISHER EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
565
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSIDE ISD·NCES 483312011137
Fisher Elementary School
3430 BARREL PASS, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78245 · (210) 397-4450 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL565 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
12.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
418 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 77 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 33.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Fisher Elementary School
Fisher Elementary School's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher Elementary School this school | 565 | 74.0% | 38.0% |
| Helen Ball Elementary School EL PASO | 576 | 73.4% | 48.8% |
| East Point Elementary School EL PASO | 558 | 76.0% | 57.4% |
| Palmer-Laakso Elementary School SAN BENITO | 582 | 75.4% | 60.5% |
| Sierra Vista Steam Academy EL PASO | 622 | 72.7% | 48.6% |
| Pittman Elementary School RAYMONDVILLE | 561 | 75.2% | 63.0% |
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 Fisher Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #2,828 of 4,401 | #144 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,439 of 4,466 ▲ 309 | #116 of 317 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,428 of 4,466 ▲ 520 | #135 of 317 ▲ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #2,021 of 3,998 | #132 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 565 | #1,906 of 4,938 | #141 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #562 of 4,622 | #56 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #3,930 of 4,628 | #246 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.0% | #2,318 of 4,789 | #185 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.6% | #635 of 2,838 | #58 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
565
-116 (-17%) vs 2020
-41% since 2010-11, when it was 962
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 565 | 45 | 12.6:1 | 74% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 45 | 12.4:1 | 75% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 47 | 12.0:1 | 77% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 681 | 51 | 13.3:1 | 67% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 780 | 56 | 13.9:1 | 67% (520) |
| 2015-16 | 864 | 60 | 14.4:1 | 68% (584) |
| 2010-11 | 962 | 61 | 15.8:1 | 69% (659) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fisher Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (780 to 565); teachers down 20% (56 to 45).
About Fisher Elementary School
Fisher Elementary School is an elementary school located in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, in Bexar County. The latest federal count shows 565 students in pre-K through 5.
NORTHSIDE ISD serves 100,208 students across 127 schools.
About 92% of the student body at Fisher Elementary School is Hispanic. The remaining students are 4% White and 2% Black. Among people living in Bexar County, the Hispanic share is about 60%. Pick two students at random and there is a 15% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.6:1, with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Fisher Elementary School is 74%. The average for public schools in Bexar County is 63%.
Fisher Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Fisher Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.0% is 4.0 points below the 42.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Bexar County census figures show that the median household income is $72,341, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Bexar County is home to 638 public schools and about 368,487 public school students.
Michael Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Fisher Elementary School. By average proficiency, Fisher Elementary School is 5th among 9 schools close by.
Fisher Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment has fallen by 116 students since 2020-21, to 565.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Fisher Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 2,670 students
- Brandeis High SchoolHigh · 2,657 students
- Marshall High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Other Fisher Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Fisher Elementary. Fisher Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Fisher Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 643 students
- Fisher Elementary SchoolPASADENA, TX · 566 students
- Fisher Elementary SchoolLYNDEN, WA · 546 students
- Fisher Elementary SchoolMarshalltown, IA · 368 students
- Fisher Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Michael Elementary School0.4 mi · 530
- IDEA Ambrose and Freda Robinson Academy0.5 mi · 423
- IDEA Ambrose and Freda Robinson College Preparator0.5 mi · 111
- Kriewald Road School of the Arts0.7 mi · 610
- Big Country Elementary School1.0 mi · 660
- Francis R Scobee Middle School1.2 mi · 797
Frequently asked questions
About Fisher Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fisher Elementary School?
Fisher Elementary School enrolls approximately 565 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Fisher Elementary School serve?
Fisher Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fisher Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fisher Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Fisher Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fisher Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 92% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Fisher Elementary School public or private?
Fisher Elementary School 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.