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Enrollment
718
Elementary
DISTRICT 665 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMAL ISD·NCES 481473009178
Mh Specht Elementary School
25815 OVERLOOK PKWY, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78260 · (830) 885-1500 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL718 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
189 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 46 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
68.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 42.0% | 28.0% | 13.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 37.0% | 31.0% | 14.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 65.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Mh Specht Elementary School
Mh Specht Elementary School's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mh Specht Elementary School this school | 718 | 26.3% | 62.5% |
| Cambridge Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 806 | 27.9% | 61.0% |
| Laura B Negley Elementary School KYLE | 845 | 28.9% | 55.9% |
| Cibolo Green SAN ANTONIO | 735 | 28.2% | 66.5% |
| Prairie Trail Elementary School FLOWER MOUND | 672 | 25.6% | 61.0% |
| Patton Elementary School AUSTIN | 737 | 30.1% | 52.5% |
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 Mh Specht Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #631 of 4,401 | #29 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #490 of 4,466 ▲ 253 | #15 of 317 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #717 of 4,466 ▲ 173 | #35 of 317 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #1,978 of 3,998 | #128 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 718 | #805 of 4,938 | #58 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #2,004 of 4,622 | #139 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #1,082 of 4,628 | #34 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #4,303 of 4,789 | #304 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #2,492 of 2,838 | #180 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
718
-83 (-10%) vs 2020
+26% since 2010-11, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 718 | 49.5 | 14.5:1 | 26% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 775 | 53.2 | 14.6:1 | 27% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 802 | 50.4 | 15.9:1 | 28% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 801 | 52 | 15.4:1 | 26% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 753 | 43.9 | 17.2:1 | 21% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 17% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 26% (151) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mh Specht Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (753 to 718); teachers up 13% (43.9 to 49.5).
About Mh Specht Elementary School
Families in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, are served by Mh Specht Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 718 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 38% larger than average.
COMAL ISD serves 29,839 students across 37 schools.
Enrollment at Mh Specht Elementary School is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 44%. Other reported shares: 40% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 60% Hispanic among all Bexar County residents. By the diversity index, Mh Specht Elementary School comes in at 64%.
With 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Mh Specht Elementary School was 14.5:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 26%. It compares with 63% for public schools in Bexar County.
The allk12 Grade for Mh Specht Elementary School is B+. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mh Specht Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 62.5% actual against 62.5% predicted.
Across Bexar County, median household income is about $72,341, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Bexar County number 638 and enroll about 368,487.
Nearest public school: Tuscany Heights, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Mh Specht Elementary School places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Mh Specht Elementary School had 801 students in 2020-21 and 718 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease.
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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 COMAL ISD
- Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Smithson Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,098 students
- Pieper High SchoolHigh · 2,093 students
- Canyon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,251 students
- Davenport High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- Johnson Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,185 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
- Tuscany Heights0.8 mi · 623
- Indian Springs Elementary School1.4 mi · 649
- Johnson High School2.3 mi · 3,196
- Pieper Ranch Middle School2.4 mi · 1,140
- Roan Forest Elementary School2.5 mi · 873
- Cibolo Green2.6 mi · 735
Frequently asked questions
About Mh Specht Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mh Specht Elementary School?
Mh Specht Elementary School enrolls approximately 718 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mh Specht Elementary School serve?
Mh Specht Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Mh Specht Elementary School have?
Mh Specht Elementary School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
How diverse is Mh Specht Elementary School?
Mh Specht Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 44% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Mh Specht Elementary School in?
Mh Specht Elementary School is part of COMAL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.