LADERA EL

Set in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, LADERA EL is a heavily attended elementary-level community, overseen by MEDINA VALLEY ISD. It works with 804 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 55% larger than typical.

Within MEDINA VALLEY ISD, which oversees 9 schools and 9,638 students, LADERA EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LADERA EL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 16% White, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Bexar County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, LADERA EL shows 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 50% of students are eligible 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LADERA EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.3%; this one delivers 45.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate median household income runs about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), LADERA EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WERNLI EL, around 1.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, LADERA EL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.

LADERA EL operates from a rural location.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.