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Enrollment
517
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSIDE ISD·NCES 483312012098
Kuentz Elementary School
12303 LESLIE RD, HELOTES, TX 78023 · (210) 397-8050 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
146 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 72 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 33.0% | 22.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 63.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 42.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Kuentz Elementary School
Kuentz Elementary School's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuentz Elementary School this school | 517 | 28.2% | 49.5% |
| Great Hearts Monte Vista SAN ANTONIO | 468 | 27.4% | 63.0% |
| Huebner Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 495 | 27.5% | 62.8% |
| Krueger Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 477 | 34.6% | 50.6% |
| Los Reyes Elementary School HELOTES | 438 | 22.8% | 56.7% |
| Creekside Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 416 | 27.9% | 67.4% |
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 Kuentz Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,478 of 4,401 | #69 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,606 of 4,466 ▼ 131 | #76 of 317 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,198 of 4,466 ▲ 87 | #67 of 317 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.5pp | #432 of 3,998 | #36 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #2,358 of 4,938 | #173 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #457 of 4,622 | #48 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #2,114 of 4,628 | #90 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.2% | #4,258 of 4,789 | #296 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.8% | #568 of 2,838 | #49 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
517
-76 (-13%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 800
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 517 | 42 | 12.3:1 | 28% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 44 | 12.3:1 | 31% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 39.5 | 13.3:1 | 24% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 19% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 46 | 15.8:1 | 16% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 788 | 48 | 16.4:1 | 14% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 800 | 48 | 16.7:1 | 16% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kuentz Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (726 to 517); teachers down 9% (46 to 42).
About Kuentz Elementary School
Kuentz Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school located in HELOTES, Texas. The school's enrollment of 517 students covers pre-K through 5.
A total of 127 schools make up NORTHSIDE ISD, with 100,208 students enrolled.
Kuentz Elementary School is 62% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. The Hispanic share in Bexar County as a whole is similar, at about 60%. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Kuentz Elementary School is 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.3:1. This ratio sits 2.8 below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 28%. On average, public schools in Bexar County report 63%.
A school with Kuentz Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 61.6%. Kuentz Elementary School scores 49.5%, 12.2 points below that line.
Within Bexar County, the median household income is $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bexar County has 638 public schools and roughly 368,487 students.
O'Connor High School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Kuentz Elementary School. Kuentz Elementary School places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Kuentz Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Kuentz Elementary School dropped 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 593 to 517 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.8:1 to 12.3:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Kuentz Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 NORTHSIDE ISD
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 2,670 students
- Brandeis High SchoolHigh · 2,657 students
- Marshall High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
Other schools in HELOTES
- O'Connor High SchoolHigh · 2,535 students
- Great Hearts InvictusCombined · 918 students
- Beard Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Los Reyes Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Helotes Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
Nearby schools
- O'Connor High School0.3 mi · 2,535
- Great Hearts Invictus0.8 mi · 918
- Helotes Elementary School1.0 mi · 316
- Steubing Elementary School1.6 mi · 436
- Anne Frank Inspire Academy1.6 mi · 608
- Stinson Middle School1.9 mi · 898
Frequently asked questions
About Kuentz Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kuentz Elementary School?
Kuentz Elementary School enrolls approximately 517 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Kuentz Elementary School serve?
Kuentz Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Kuentz Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Kuentz Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Kuentz Elementary School?
Student demographics at Kuentz Elementary School are roughly 28% White, 62% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Kuentz Elementary School?
Kuentz Elementary School is overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.