GALM EL

GALM EL is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD, with 541 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

NORTHSIDE ISD runs 128 schools in total, collectively educating 100,435 students. GALM EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, GALM EL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder breaks down as 17% White, 9% Black, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, GALM EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.4%, the actual is 46.9%, a residual of -6.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Bexar County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), GALM EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BRENNAN H S, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GALM EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GALM EL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 44.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GALM EL has fell 12%, going from 614 students in 2018 to 541 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 24% to 17% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the GALM EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.