Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN ANTONIO ISD·NCES 483873004354
KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL
1026 THOMPSON PL, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78226 · (210) 228-3350 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
473 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
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
54.0%
TX avg 51.8%
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 42.0%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
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
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
497
+214 (+76%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.3:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
96%
was 97%
% Black
3%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL
Located at 1026 THOMPSON PL, in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL is a medium-sized K-5 school that instructs 497 students (grades pre-K through 8), operated by SAN ANTONIO ISD.
KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL is one of 100 schools operated by SAN ANTONIO ISD, a district that educates 47,623 students overall.
On demographics, KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). The remainder comes out to 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 95% of students at KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.2%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Bexar County shows median household earnings sit near $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL is one campus in the mix.
LOWELL 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. On composite proficiency, KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 17.5%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Looking at the recent track record. KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL's enrollment has edged up 76% since 2018, when it stood at 283 (now 497). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.
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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 SAN ANTONIO ISD
- JEFFERSON H SHigh · 1,706 students
- LANIER H SHigh · 1,620 students
- BRACKENRIDGE H SHigh · 1,593 students
- HIGHLANDS H SHigh · 1,478 students
- BURBANK H SHigh · 1,405 students
- EDISON H SHigh · 1,360 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
- LOWELL MIDDLE0.2 mi · 283
- BRENTWOOD MIDDLE0.8 mi · 602
- LEARN4LIFE0.9 mi · 224
- JOHN F KENNEDY H S0.9 mi · 998
- STORM EL1.0 mi · 312
- SARAH S KING EL1.0 mi · 645
Frequently asked questions
About KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELLHow large is KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL?
KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL enrolls approximately 497 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL serve?
KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL is approximately 14.9:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL?
Student demographics at KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL are roughly 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL in?
KELLY ACADEMY AT LOWELL is part of SAN ANTONIO ISD.
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