HOWSMAN EL

Set in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, HOWSMAN EL is a reasonably sized K-5 school, operated by NORTHSIDE ISD. It caters to 729 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 40% larger than typical.

HOWSMAN EL is one of 128 schools operated by NORTHSIDE ISD, a district that enrolls 100,435 students overall.

Demographically, HOWSMAN EL logs that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HOWSMAN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOWSMAN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.0%; this one delivers 32.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Bexar County shows 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%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), HOWSMAN EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HOBBY MIDDLE, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HOWSMAN EL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.7%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. HOWSMAN EL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 712 (now 729). White enrollment moved from 16% to 6% across the same window.

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