HATCHETT EL

HATCHETT EL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, part of NORTHSIDE ISD. The school serves 588 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, HATCHETT EL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 13% White, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HATCHETT EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 25.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate median household income runs about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. HATCHETT EL is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

Nearest neighbor: PEASE MIDDLE, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HATCHETT EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HATCHETT EL has shrank 25%, going from 782 students in 2018 to 588 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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