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KINDER RANCH EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 KINDER RANCH EL
KINDER RANCH EL is a mid-sized primary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, one of the schools within COMAL ISD. The school educates 623 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 20% larger than typical.
Across the 37 schools in COMAL ISD (29,839 students total), KINDER RANCH EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, KINDER RANCH EL reports that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 35% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian.
On the resource side, KINDER RANCH EL records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 21% of students at KINDER RANCH EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, KINDER RANCH EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.6%; this one delivers 67.6%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. KINDER RANCH EL is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
PIEPER H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KINDER RANCH EL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 70.4%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KINDER RANCH EL has showed little movement, going from 616 students in 2018 to 623 in 2025.
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