MARTIN EL

As a moderately sized elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, MARTIN EL enrolls 537 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by NORTHSIDE ISD.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, MARTIN EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%); the rest is composed of 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MARTIN EL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MARTIN EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.8%; this one comes in at 16.8%, -21.9 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bexar County put median household income runs about $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MARTIN EL is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

Nearest neighbor: L B JOHNSON EL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARTIN EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. MARTIN EL's enrollment has ticked down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 719 (now 537).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.