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If you could change one rule at MCDERMOTT EL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
775
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSIDE ISD·NCES 483312000354
McDermott Elementary School
5111 USAA BLVD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78240 · (210) 397-5100 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL775 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
563 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 110 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
26.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
24.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 8.0% | 18.0% | 29.0% | 45.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 15.0% | 26.0% | 50.0% |
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 | 26.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 McDermott Elementary School
McDermott Elementary School's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDermott Elementary School this school | 775 | 72.6% | 22.0% |
| Spring Creek Elementary School GARLAND | 673 | 71.5% | 48.4% |
| Beaver Technology Center GARLAND | 562 | 64.8% | 61.6% |
| Wilson Elementary School HOUSTON | 756 | 67.6% | 44.6% |
| Carnahan Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 528 | 71.8% | 32.8% |
| Willbern Elementary School HOUSTON | 831 | 76.3% | 49.1% |
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 McDermott Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,204 of 4,401 | #274 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #4,253 of 4,466 ▲ 121 | #281 of 317 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,379 of 4,466 ▼ 226 | #301 of 317 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -18.0pp | #98 of 3,998 | #7 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 775 | #539 of 4,938 | #35 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,388 of 4,622 | #166 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #595 of 4,628 | #12 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #2,415 of 4,789 | #189 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.6% | #571 of 1,307 | #28 of 70 |
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
775
+56 (+8%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 848
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 775 | 51.9 | 14.9:1 | 73% (563) |
| 2023-24 | 738 | 51.5 | 14.3:1 | 75% (557) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 46.6 | 14.7:1 | 80% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 60 | 12.0:1 | 72% (519) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 51.5 | 13.1:1 | 73% (495) |
| 2015-16 | 855 | 56 | 15.3:1 | 66% (561) |
| 2010-11 | 773 | 52 | 14.9:1 | 72% (553) |
| 2000-01 | 848 | 59 | 14.4:1 | 73% (615) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McDermott Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (676 to 775); teachers up 1% (51.5 to 51.9).
About McDermott Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, McDermott Elementary School is part of NORTHSIDE ISD. Enrollment is 775 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 49% higher.
NORTHSIDE ISD enrolls 100,208 students, and its 127 schools include McDermott Elementary School.
McDermott Elementary School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 48%. Other students are 21% Asian, 13% multiracial, 10% Black, and 7% White. By comparison, Bexar County residents are about 60% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 51.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.9:1. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 73%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bexar County is 63%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, McDermott Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Texas schools: 22.0% actual against 42.7% predicted.
McDermott Elementary School is located in Bexar County, where the median household income is $72,341, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides McDermott Elementary School, Bexar County has 637 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Great Hearts Forest Heights, about 0.6 miles away. McDermott Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: McDermott Elementary School ranks 4th of 4 nearby schools, at 22.0% versus a 64.1% average.
NCES describes the area around McDermott Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show an 8% enrollment increase, from 719 in 2020-21 to 775 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.0:1 to 14.9:1.
Community posts for McDermott Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 NORTHSIDE ISD
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 2,670 students
- Brandeis High SchoolHigh · 2,657 students
- Marshall High SchoolHigh · 2,634 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
Other McDermott Elementary schools
One other US public school is named McDermott Elementary. McDermott Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLITTLE ROCK, AR · 254 students
Nearby schools
- Great Hearts Forest Heights0.6 mi · 1,335
- Basis San Antonio Pri- Medical Center Campus1.0 mi · 799
- Health Careers High School1.0 mi · 904
- Holmgreen Center1.1 mi · 93
- DAEP at Holmgreen1.1 mi · 8
- Reddix Center1.2 mi · 261
Frequently asked questions
About McDermott Elementary SchoolHow many students attend McDermott Elementary School?
McDermott Elementary School enrolls approximately 775 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does McDermott Elementary School serve?
McDermott Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McDermott Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McDermott Elementary School is approximately 14.9:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at McDermott Elementary School?
At McDermott Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 48% Hispanic, 10% Black, 21% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees McDermott Elementary School?
McDermott Elementary School is overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.