LEON VALLEY EL

As a moderately sized elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, LEON VALLEY EL teaches 613 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under NORTHSIDE ISD.

Across the 128 schools in NORTHSIDE ISD (100,435 students total), LEON VALLEY EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, LEON VALLEY EL shows that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest comes out to 5% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, LEON VALLEY EL has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LEON VALLEY EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bexar County) logs that median household income runs about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. LEON VALLEY EL is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

The closest other public school is MARSHALL H S, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LEON VALLEY EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 600 students in 2018 compared to 613 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 11% to 5% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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