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What's one thing HIDDEN FOREST EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH EAST ISD·NCES 483294003640
Hidden Forest Elementary School
802 SILVER SPRUCE, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78232 · (210) 407-4000 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- A+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
15.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
98 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
66.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 43.0% | 27.0% | 17.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 30.0% | 21.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 66.0% |
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 17.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 82.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
68.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Hidden Forest Elementary School
Hidden Forest Elementary School's state test result (68.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden Forest Elementary School this school | 529 | 18.5% | 68.5% |
| Carpenter Hill Elementary School BUDA | 550 | 16.2% | 64.5% |
| Rahe Bulverde Elementary School BULVERDE | 617 | 17.5% | 75.9% |
| Garden Ridge Elementary School GARDEN RIDGE | 475 | 18.5% | 70.2% |
| Zilker Elementary School AUSTIN | 506 | 21.5% | 68.8% |
| Shadycrest Elementary School PEARLAND | 512 | 23.0% | 72.2% |
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 Hidden Forest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #359 of 4,401 | #18 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #598 of 4,466 ▼ 261 | #23 of 317 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #737 of 4,466 ▼ 276 | #37 of 317 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +43.0pp | #19 of 3,998 | #1 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #2,251 of 4,938 | #165 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,812 of 4,622 | #188 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #1,607 of 4,628 | #61 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.5% | #4,472 of 4,789 | #313 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #2,371 of 2,838 | #169 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
529
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 688
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 529 | 34.3 | 15.4:1 | 19% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 36 | 14.7:1 | 20% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 37.1 | 15.2:1 | 23% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 19% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 34.2 | 16.5:1 | 16% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 35 | 17.5:1 | 13% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 4% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 688 | 35 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hidden Forest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (564 to 529); teachers unchanged (34.2 to 34.3).
About Hidden Forest Elementary School
Hidden Forest Elementary School is an elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, reachable at (210) 407-4000. The school's enrollment of 529 students covers pre-K through 5.
NORTH EAST ISD enrolls 56,420 students, and its 75 schools include Hidden Forest Elementary School.
At 52%, White students outnumber all other groups at Hidden Forest Elementary School combined. Other students are 39% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bexar County residents are about 42% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Hidden Forest Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.4:1, with 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Hidden Forest Elementary School is 19%. Among public schools in Bexar County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
The allk12 Grade for Hidden Forest Elementary School is A. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hidden Forest Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 68.5% actual against 65.8% predicted.
Bexar County census figures show that median household income is about $72,341, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. A total of 638 public schools operate in Bexar County, serving about 368,487 students.
The closest other public school is Huebner Elementary School, about 1.6 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Hidden Forest Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Hidden Forest Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (538) to 2024-25 (529).
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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 NORTH EAST ISD
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Madison High SchoolHigh · 2,616 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 2,431 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 2,308 students
- Legacy of Educational Excellence High SchoolHigh · 2,285 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
- Huebner Elementary School1.6 mi · 495
- Vineyard Ranch Elementary School1.9 mi · 743
- Coker Elementary School2.3 mi · 861
- Bradley Middle School2.4 mi · 1,148
- Blattman Elementary School2.4 mi · 492
- Reagan High School2.4 mi · 3,403
Frequently asked questions
About Hidden Forest Elementary SchoolHow large is Hidden Forest Elementary School?
Hidden Forest Elementary School enrolls approximately 529 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hidden Forest Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hidden Forest Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Hidden Forest Elementary School have?
Hidden Forest Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is Hidden Forest Elementary School?
Hidden Forest Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 39% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Hidden Forest Elementary School?
Hidden Forest Elementary School is overseen by NORTH EAST ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.