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HOFFMANN EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HOFFMANN EL
HOFFMANN EL, a moderately sized primary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, operated by NORTHSIDE ISD, teaches 754 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 45% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
NORTHSIDE ISD comprises 128 schools with combined enrollment of 100,435 students; HOFFMANN EL is among them.
In terms of who attends, HOFFMANN EL lists that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 16% White, 11% Black, 7% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HOFFMANN EL has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HOFFMANN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.1%.
In the area at large, census data for Bexar County shows median household earnings sit near $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which HOFFMANN EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: BRISCOE MIDDLE, around 0.3 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), HOFFMANN EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.5%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 26%: 1,013 students in 2018 compared to 754 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 26% to 16% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.
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