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Enrollment
623
Elementary
DISTRICT 665 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMAL ISD·NCES 481473011820
Kinder Ranch Elementary School
2035 KINDER PKWY, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78260 · (830) 885-8900 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
15.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
132 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 62 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
57%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
71.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
68.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 33.0% | 18.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 40.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 71.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% 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%.
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 Kinder Ranch Elementary School
Kinder Ranch Elementary School's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinder Ranch Elementary School this school | 623 | 21.2% | 69.5% |
| London Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 677 | 22.7% | 52.0% |
| Vineyard Ranch Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 743 | 21.1% | 80.5% |
| Mh Specht Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 718 | 26.3% | 62.5% |
| Huebner Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 495 | 27.5% | 62.8% |
| Becker Elementary School AUSTIN | 502 | 15.1% | 52.5% |
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 Kinder Ranch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #325 of 4,401 | #15 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #491 of 4,466 ▼ 192 | #16 of 317 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #661 of 4,466 ▼ 40 | #30 of 317 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.5pp | #467 of 3,998 | #40 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #1,431 of 4,938 | #101 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,717 of 4,622 | #183 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #1,717 of 4,628 | #69 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.2% | #4,409 of 4,789 | #310 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #1,238 of 1,307 | #68 of 70 |
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
623
+105 (+20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 623 | 40.7 | 15.3:1 | 21% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 608 | 40.7 | 14.9:1 | 21% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 38.8 | 15.3:1 | 23% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 26% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 38.7 | 15.9:1 | 31% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 765 | 45 | 17.0:1 | 29% (221) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kinder Ranch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (616 to 623); teachers up 5% (38.7 to 40.7).
About Kinder Ranch Elementary School
In SAN ANTONIO, Texas, part of Bexar County, Kinder Ranch Elementary School is an elementary school. The student body numbers 623 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
COMAL ISD counts 37 schools and 29,839 students, including Kinder Ranch Elementary School.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Kinder Ranch Elementary School, at 55%. Other students are 35% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.3 students per teacher. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 21%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bexar County is 63%.
allk12 grades Kinder Ranch Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 64.6% for Kinder Ranch Elementary School. The school posts 69.5%, 4.9 points above the prediction.
Federal survey data 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%. Bexar County is home to 638 public schools and about 368,487 public school students.
Nearest public school: Pieper High School, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Kinder Ranch Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Kinder Ranch Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 20% enrollment rise, from 518 in 2020-21 to 623 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 COMAL ISD
- Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Smithson Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,098 students
- Pieper High SchoolHigh · 2,093 students
- Canyon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,251 students
- Davenport High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- Johnson Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,185 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
Nearby schools
- Pieper High School0.9 mi · 2,093
- Pieper Ranch Middle School1.0 mi · 1,140
- Bulverde Middle School1.7 mi · 690
- Rahe Bulverde Elementary School2.5 mi · 617
- Johnson Ranch Elementary School2.7 mi · 1,185
- Mh Specht Elementary School2.9 mi · 718
Frequently asked questions
About Kinder Ranch Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kinder Ranch Elementary School?
Kinder Ranch Elementary School enrolls approximately 623 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Kinder Ranch Elementary School serve?
Kinder Ranch Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Kinder Ranch Elementary School have?
Kinder Ranch Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Kinder Ranch Elementary School?
Kinder Ranch Elementary School reports a student body of 35% White, 55% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Kinder Ranch Elementary School?
Kinder Ranch Elementary School is overseen by COMAL ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.