NEIL ARMSTRONG EL

NEIL ARMSTRONG EL is a tight-knit elementary-level community in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, run under SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD. The school teaches 322 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 38% smaller than typical.

NEIL ARMSTRONG EL is one of 15 schools operated by SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD, a district that hosts 7,987 students overall.

Demographically, NEIL ARMSTRONG EL lists that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 9% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, NEIL ARMSTRONG EL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at NEIL ARMSTRONG EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NEIL ARMSTRONG EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 34.3%; this one comes in at 19.6%, -14.7 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bexar County) reports that median household income runs about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), NEIL ARMSTRONG EL is one campus in the mix.

FIVE PALMS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 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 NEIL ARMSTRONG EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 396 students in 2018 compared to 322 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 95% to 88% over that span.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.