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Enrollment
887
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSIDE ISD·NCES 483312010442
Mead Elementary School
3803 MID HORIZON DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78229 · (210) 397-1750 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL887 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
813 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 | 85 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 143 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (144).
Student demographics
73%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
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 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 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 38.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% | 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 | 37.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
16.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 Mead Elementary School
Mead Elementary School's state test result (16.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mead Elementary School this school | 887 | 91.7% | 16.0% |
| Chancellor Elementary School HOUSTON | 707 | 89.1% | 43.0% |
| McNamara Elementary School HOUSTON | 916 | 98.1% | 41.3% |
| Benavidez Elementary School HOUSTON | 782 | 99.6% | 24.4% |
| Emerson Elementary School HOUSTON | 990 | 97.4% | 35.8% |
| Smith Elementary School HOUSTON | 650 | 89.4% | 33.8% |
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 Mead Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #4,353 of 4,401 | #302 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,004 of 4,466 ▲ 1,363 | #155 of 317 ▲ 145 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,938 of 4,466 ▲ 454 | #255 of 317 ▲ 49 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #1,038 of 3,998 | #68 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 887 | #230 of 4,938 | #6 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,641 of 4,622 | #179 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #257 of 4,628 | #4 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #893 of 4,789 | #75 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.7% | #400 of 1,307 | #22 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
887
+240 (+37%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 930
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 887 | 58.4 | 15.2:1 | 92% (813) |
| 2023-24 | 859 | 58 | 14.8:1 | 90% (771) |
| 2022-23 | 803 | 54.6 | 14.7:1 | 91% (727) |
| 2020-21 | 647 | 55 | 11.8:1 | 90% (584) |
| 2017-18 | 735 | 53 | 13.9:1 | 87% (637) |
| 2015-16 | 887 | 58 | 15.3:1 | 85% (756) |
| 2010-11 | 930 | 62 | 15.0:1 | 85% (786) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mead Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (735 to 887); teachers up 10% (53 to 58.4).
About Mead Elementary School
The public elementary school Mead Elementary School is located in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 887 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 71% higher.
NORTHSIDE ISD has 100,208 students in 127 schools, and Mead Elementary School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Mead Elementary School, at 42%. Other groups include 23% Asian, 14% multiracial, 11% White, and 10% Black. By comparison, Bexar County residents are about 60% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 58.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.2 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 92% of students. That is 29 points above the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County.
Mead Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 16.0%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas are predicted to post 34.5%, so the school is 18.6 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bexar County show that 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 Mead Elementary School, Bexar County has 637 other public schools.
The closest public school, Reddix Center, is about 1.1 miles from Mead Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.5%; Mead Elementary School's is 16.0%, ranking 6th of 6.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 37% from 2020-21, when Mead Elementary School had 647 students, to 2024-25, when it had 887. The ratio was 11.8:1 in 2020-21 and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
The Mead Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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 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 Mead Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Mead Elementary. Mead Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Mead Elementary SchoolMEAD, CO · 879 students
- Mead ElementaryWisconsin Rapids, WI · 266 students
- MEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMEAD, NE · 141 students
Nearby schools
- Reddix Center1.1 mi · 261
- DAEP at Holmgreen1.2 mi · 8
- Holmgreen Center1.2 mi · 93
- Health Careers High School1.2 mi · 904
- Colonies North Elementary School1.2 mi · 513
- KIPP Somos Collegiate1.2 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Mead Elementary SchoolHow large is Mead Elementary School?
Mead Elementary School enrolls approximately 887 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mead Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mead Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mead Elementary School have?
Mead Elementary School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Mead Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mead Elementary School are roughly 11% White, 42% Hispanic, 10% Black, 23% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Mead Elementary School public or private?
Mead Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.