NICHOLS EL

NICHOLS EL is one of the cozy primary schools in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, part of NORTHSIDE ISD, with 321 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so NICHOLS EL sits 38% below that benchmark.

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

On demographics, NICHOLS EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment; the rest looks like 21% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NICHOLS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.0%.

In the area at large, Bexar County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NICHOLS EL is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

The closest other public school is BRAUN STATION EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NICHOLS EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.4%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 32%: 470 students in 2018 compared to 321 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 66% to 71% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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