FT SAM HOUSTON EL

Set in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, FT SAM HOUSTON EL is a high-enrollment primary school, overseen by FT SAM HOUSTON ISD. It serves 807 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so FT SAM HOUSTON EL sits 55% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in FT SAM HOUSTON ISD (1,617 students total), FT SAM HOUSTON EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, FT SAM HOUSTON EL logs that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 18% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, FT SAM HOUSTON EL has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 27% of students at FT SAM HOUSTON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FT SAM HOUSTON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.9%, the actual is 56.7%, a residual of -5.2 points.

Around the school, Bexar County reports that median household income runs about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which FT SAM HOUSTON EL is one.

ROBERT G COLE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FT SAM HOUSTON EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FT SAM HOUSTON EL at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 48.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FT SAM HOUSTON EL has declined 9%, going from 885 students in 2018 to 807 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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