MIGUEL CARRILLO JR EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MIGUEL CARRILLO JR EL
As a mid-tier elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, MIGUEL CARRILLO JR EL serves 501 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD.
Within SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD, which oversees 15 schools and 7,987 students, MIGUEL CARRILLO JR EL is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, MIGUEL CARRILLO JR EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Other groups include 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, MIGUEL CARRILLO JR EL reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Bexar County's rate of about 63%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MIGUEL CARRILLO JR EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.7%.
In the area at large, Bexar County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which MIGUEL CARRILLO JR EL is one.
The closest other public school is PRICE EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MIGUEL CARRILLO JR EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.8%.
MIGUEL CARRILLO JR EL operates from a city-core location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MIGUEL CARRILLO JR EL has edged up 6%, going from 471 students in 2018 to 501 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 99% to 94% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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