MURNIN EL

MURNIN EL is an average-sized primary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, one of the schools within NORTHSIDE ISD. The school works with 662 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so MURNIN EL sits 28% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 128 schools in NORTHSIDE ISD (100,435 students total), MURNIN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, MURNIN EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). Beyond that, the school lists 7% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MURNIN EL logs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, MURNIN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate median household income runs about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which MURNIN EL is one.

STEVENS H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MURNIN EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MURNIN EL has edged down 25%, going from 883 students in 2018 to 662 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 74% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.