GLASS EL

GLASS EL is one of the compact elementary schools in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, one of the schools within NORTHSIDE ISD, with 384 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

NORTHSIDE ISD comprises 128 schools with combined enrollment of 100,435 students; GLASS EL is among them.

Demographically, GLASS EL shows that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 8% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GLASS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.8%; this one delivers 25.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bexar County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), GLASS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is VALOR SAN ANTONIO, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GLASS EL. On composite proficiency, GLASS EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 24.4%.

GLASS EL operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 36%: 604 students in 2018 compared to 384 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.