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What's the biggest difference between H W SCHULZE EL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
726
Elementary
DISTRICT 604 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLANDALE ISD·NCES 482247002259
H W Schulze Elementary School
9131 YETT BLVD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78221 · (210) 989-3250 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL726 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
630 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 124 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 H W Schulze Elementary School
H W Schulze Elementary School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| H W Schulze Elementary School this school | 726 | 86.8% | 37.0% |
| IDEA Edinburg Academy EDINBURG | 728 | 86.1% | 39.2% |
| IDEA Rio Grande City Academy RIO GRANDE CITY | 717 | 85.2% | 47.6% |
| Truman Elementary School EDINBURG | 696 | 85.9% | 45.3% |
| IDEA Rio Vista Academy SOCORRO | 696 | 86.6% | 33.9% |
| IDEA Los Encinos Academy MCALLEN | 770 | 87.0% | 49.4% |
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 H W Schulze Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #2,952 of 4,401 | #157 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,162 of 4,466 ▲ 554 | #102 of 317 ▲ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,158 of 4,466 ▲ 672 | #122 of 317 ▲ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #1,388 of 3,998 | #92 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 726 | #766 of 4,938 | #54 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,922 of 4,622 | #194 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #4,177 of 4,628 | #284 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.8% | #1,407 of 4,789 | #120 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #2,749 of 2,838 | #187 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
726
+122 (+20%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 591
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 726 | 46.7 | 15.5:1 | 87% (630) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 38.9 | 17.7:1 | 87% (595) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 35.2 | 16.9:1 | 87% (514) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 88% (534) |
| 2017-18 | 737 | 49.5 | 14.9:1 | 85% (625) |
| 2015-16 | 791 | 44 | 18.0:1 | 85% (672) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | 43 | 17.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 507 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 25% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 591 | 36 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H W Schulze Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (737 to 726); teachers down 6% (49.5 to 46.7).
About H W Schulze Elementary School
H W Schulze Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The latest federal count shows 726 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 40% larger than average.
HARLANDALE ISD operates 21 schools. Combined enrollment is 11,564 students.
H W Schulze Elementary School's enrollment is 96% Hispanic. It is also 2% White. For comparison, the population of Bexar County is roughly 60% Hispanic. H W Schulze Elementary School's diversity index is 8%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 15.5 students per teacher and 46.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Bexar County average 63%.
allk12 grades H W Schulze Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for H W Schulze Elementary School is 36.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.0%.
Census estimates describe Bexar County this way: the median household income is $72,341, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Besides H W Schulze Elementary School, Bexar County has 637 other public schools.
Nearby, Kingsborough Middle School is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts H W Schulze Elementary School at 3rd of 5.
H W Schulze Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, H W Schulze Elementary School's enrollment climbed 20%, to 726. The school's ratio rose from 14.1:1 to 15.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 HARLANDALE ISD
- Harlandale High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- McCollum High SchoolHigh · 1,502 students
- Harlandale Middle SchoolMiddle · 732 students
- V M Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 732 students
- Stonewall/Flanders Elementary SchoolElementary · 691 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 674 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
Nearby schools
- Kingsborough Middle School0.2 mi · 542
- Hac DAEP High School0.6 mi · 35
- Frank M Tejeda Academy0.6 mi · 144
- Tejeda Junior Academy0.6 mi · 18
- Hac DAEP Middle School0.6 mi · 16
- Bellaire Elementary School1.0 mi · 674
Frequently asked questions
About H W Schulze Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at H W Schulze Elementary School?
H W Schulze Elementary School enrolls approximately 726 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does H W Schulze Elementary School serve?
H W Schulze Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at H W Schulze Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at H W Schulze Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at H W Schulze Elementary School?
At H W Schulze Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees H W Schulze Elementary School?
H W Schulze Elementary School is overseen by HARLANDALE ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.