HIRSCH EL

HIRSCH EL operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 578 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within SAN ANTONIO ISD, which oversees 100 schools and 47,623 students, HIRSCH EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, HIRSCH EL logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 37% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HIRSCH EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HIRSCH EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 31.6%; this one comes in at 11.5%, -20.1 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate median household income runs about $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. HIRSCH EL is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

Nearest neighbor: CARROLL EARLY CHILDHOOD CAMPUS, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIRSCH EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.6%.

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

Five-year trend. HIRSCH EL's enrollment has fell 29% since 2018, when it stood at 813 (now 578).

In the discussion threads here, members of the HIRSCH EL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.