LOCKE HILL EL

Located at 5050 DE ZAVALA RD, in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, LOCKE HILL EL is a medium-sized elementary school that teaches 538 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under NORTHSIDE ISD.

NORTHSIDE ISD comprises 128 schools with combined enrollment of 100,435 students; LOCKE HILL EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, LOCKE HILL EL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 18% White, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, LOCKE HILL EL records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 58% of students at LOCKE HILL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, LOCKE HILL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 43.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bexar County) reports that median household earnings sit near $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which LOCKE HILL EL is one.

CLARK H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LOCKE HILL EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.9%.

LOCKE HILL EL operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LOCKE HILL EL has decreased 16%, going from 641 students in 2018 to 538 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 64% to 54% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.