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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN ANTONIO ISD·NCES 483873004375
Margil Elementary School
1000 PEREZ ST, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78207 · (210) 738-9805 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
407 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 68 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 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 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 19.0% | 26.0% | 38.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 21.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Margil Elementary School
Margil Elementary School's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margil Elementary School this school | 420 | 96.9% | 29.4% |
| San Jacinto Elementary School DALLAS | 437 | 96.1% | 41.5% |
| Bowden Academy SAN ANTONIO | 439 | 96.1% | 17.9% |
| Travis Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 430 | 99.3% | 27.4% |
| Sylvia Mendez Crew Leadership Academy DALLAS | 446 | 98.7% | 42.4% |
| Smith Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 408 | 95.6% | 28.2% |
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 Margil Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #3,718 of 4,401 | #216 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,785 of 4,466 ▲ 811 | #140 of 317 ▲ 68 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #4,018 of 4,466 ▼ 307 | #267 of 317 ▼ 46 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,241 of 3,998 | #144 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #3,329 of 4,938 | #235 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,047 of 4,622 | #144 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #3,769 of 4,628 | #217 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #286 of 4,789 | #25 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #743 of 2,838 | #68 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
420
-28 (-6%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 420 | 28.9 | 14.6:1 | 97% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 26.2 | 16.4:1 | 97% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 26.5 | 16.4:1 | 97% (423) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 98% (437) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 99% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 38 | 15.9:1 | 97% (584) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 34 | 17.7:1 | 37% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 91% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 34 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Margil Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (563 to 420); teachers down 26% (39 to 28.9).
About Margil Elementary School
As a low-enrollment elementary school, Margil Elementary School serves students in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. It serves 420 students in pre-K through 5.
SAN ANTONIO ISD is responsible for 100 schools, Margil Elementary School included, with 47,623 students in all.
The large majority of students at Margil Elementary School, 89%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 6% Black and 4% White. Bexar County's residents are about 60% Hispanic, 30 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Margil Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
At Margil Elementary School, 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.6:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Roughly 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 63% average for public schools in Bexar County is 34 points lower.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Margil Elementary School would score about 32.3%. It scores 29.4%, 2.9 points below that figure.
Within Bexar County, median household income is about $72,341, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Bexar County number 638 and enroll about 368,487.
The nearest other public school, David Crockett Academy, is about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Margil Elementary School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Margil Elementary School went from 448 students to 420. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.2:1 to 14.6:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 SAN ANTONIO ISD
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,706 students
- Lanier High SchoolHigh · 1,620 students
- Brackenridge High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Highlands High SchoolHigh · 1,478 students
- Burbank High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 1,360 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
- David Crockett Academy0.7 mi · 717
- Tafolla College Prep Middle School0.7 mi · 180
- Tafolla Middle School0.7 mi · 385
- Lanier High School0.8 mi · 1,620
- Positive Solutions Charter0.8 mi · 93
- Henry Ford Academy Alameda School for Art + Design0.9 mi · 61
Frequently asked questions
About Margil Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Margil Elementary School?
Margil Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Margil Elementary School serve?
Margil Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Margil Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Margil Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Margil Elementary School?
At Margil Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 89% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Margil Elementary School?
Margil Elementary School is overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.