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NEAL EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 NEAL EL
NEAL EL is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, part of SAN ANTONIO ISD, educateing 482 students in grades pre-K through 5.
NEAL EL is one of 100 schools operated by SAN ANTONIO ISD, a district that enrolls 47,623 students overall.
Demographically, NEAL EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (97%). The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, NEAL EL shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, NEAL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.8%.
Across the wider county, 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. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), NEAL EL is one campus in the mix.
LEGACY TRADITIONAL- BASSE SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NEAL EL. On composite proficiency, NEAL EL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.8%.
NEAL EL operates from a city-core location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEAL EL has fell 12%, going from 547 students in 2018 to 482 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Bexar County at a glance
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