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Enrollment
707
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUDSON ISD·NCES 482499002790
Hopkins Elementary School
2440 ACKERMAN RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78219 · (210) 661-1120 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL707 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
16.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
575 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 93 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 24.0% | 27.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 37.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 7.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Hopkins Elementary School
Hopkins Elementary School's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkins Elementary School this school | 707 | 81.3% | 26.3% |
| Lorenzo De Zavala Environmental Science Academy GRAND PRAIRIE | 716 | 81.1% | 42.1% |
| Mill Street Elementary School LEWISVILLE | 665 | 83.6% | 18.9% |
| Cheney Hills Elementary School HALTOM CITY | 696 | 83.3% | 27.9% |
| Reed Academy HOUSTON | 637 | 83.0% | 36.3% |
| Dwight D Eisenhower Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 623 | 79.3% | 36.6% |
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 Hopkins Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #3,975 of 4,401 | #242 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,458 of 4,466 ▲ 117 | #190 of 317 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,930 of 4,466 ▲ 152 | #252 of 317 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #2,767 of 3,998 | #188 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 707 | #871 of 4,938 | #65 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #3,376 of 4,622 | #222 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #3,227 of 4,628 | #162 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #1,843 of 4,789 | #155 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #2,138 of 2,838 | #155 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
707
-45 (-6%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 1,008
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 707 | 43.9 | 16.1:1 | 81% (575) |
| 2023-24 | 764 | 51.1 | 15.0:1 | 84% (644) |
| 2022-23 | 788 | 51.6 | 15.3:1 | 84% (659) |
| 2020-21 | 752 | 54 | 13.9:1 | 86% (650) |
| 2017-18 | 775 | 50.6 | 15.3:1 | 86% (665) |
| 2015-16 | 810 | 44 | 18.4:1 | 87% (703) |
| 2010-11 | 771 | 46 | 16.8:1 | 77% (592) |
| 2000-01 | 862 | 62 | 13.9:1 | 68% (588) |
| 1990-91 | 1,008 | 51 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hopkins Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (775 to 707); teachers down 13% (50.6 to 43.9).
About Hopkins Elementary School
Hopkins Elementary School is a public elementary school run by JUDSON ISD in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The student body numbers 707 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 36% above that.
JUDSON ISD runs Hopkins Elementary School along with 35 other schools, enrolling 23,539 students in total.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Hopkins Elementary School, at 79%. The next largest groups are 11% Black, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. In Bexar County overall, about 60% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 36%, meaning two students picked at random have a 36% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 43.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.1:1. This ratio sits 1.0 above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Hopkins Elementary School is 81%. Across public schools in Bexar County, the average is 63%.
Hopkins Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 26.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 39.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bexar County show that the median household income is $72,341, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 638 public schools in Bexar County, enrolling about 368,487 students in all.
The nearest public school is Candlewood STEM Academy PK-1, at about 0.8 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hopkins Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Hopkins Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 707 students in 2024-25, 45 fewer than the 752 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.9:1 in 2020-21 to 16.1:1 in 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 JUDSON ISD
- Judson High SchoolHigh · 2,498 students
- Karen Wagner High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,579 students
- Judson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,189 students
- Kitty Hawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Henry Metzger Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 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
Other Hopkins Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Hopkins Elementary. Hopkins Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolVICTORIA, TX · 439 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolLilburn, GA · 1,113 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolSomerset, KY · 750 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolHopkinton, MA · 682 students
- Hopkins Elementary SchoolMentor, OH · 466 students
Nearby schools
- Candlewood STEM Academy PK-10.8 mi · 199
- Candlewood Elementary School0.8 mi · 263
- Judson Learning Academy1.3 mi · 78
- Kirby STEM Academy 6th Grade1.3 mi · 178
- Kirby Middle School1.3 mi · 423
- Karen Wagner High School1.4 mi · 2,423
Frequently asked questions
About Hopkins Elementary SchoolHow large is Hopkins Elementary School?
Hopkins Elementary School enrolls approximately 707 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hopkins Elementary School serve?
Hopkins Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hopkins Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hopkins Elementary School is approximately 16.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hopkins Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hopkins Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 79% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Hopkins Elementary School?
Hopkins Elementary School is overseen by JUDSON ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.