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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD·NCES 484068004613
Palo Alto Elementary School
1725 PALO ALTO RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78211 · (210) 977-7125 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
492 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 72 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 19.0% | 20.0% | 53.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 37.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Palo Alto Elementary School
Palo Alto Elementary School's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Elementary School this school | 528 | 93.2% | 25.8% |
| Louise Wolff Kahn Elementary School DALLAS | 533 | 94.0% | 45.2% |
| South Shaver Elementary School PASADENA | 527 | 95.3% | 48.3% |
| Garcia Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 556 | 93.7% | 35.0% |
| Jackson Elementary School MCALLEN | 548 | 92.0% | 48.8% |
| Richard J Wilson Elementary School FORT WORTH | 508 | 93.1% | 21.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Palo Alto Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #3,996 of 4,401 | #247 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,122 of 4,466 ▼ 419 | #263 of 317 ▼ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,947 of 4,466 ▼ 230 | #258 of 317 ▼ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #2,258 of 4,938 | #168 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #3,942 of 4,622 | #255 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #3,964 of 4,628 | #256 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.2% | #715 of 4,789 | #57 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #912 of 1,307 | #46 of 70 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
528
+41 (+8%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 18.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 528 | 30.8 | 17.1:1 | 93% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 93% (492) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 22.3 | 19.3:1 | 95% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 26 | 18.7:1 | 98% (478) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 29.4 | 16.8:1 | 91% (451) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 33 | 16.5:1 | 95% (516) |
| 2010-11 | 726 | 42 | 17.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 96% (572) |
| 1990-91 | 649 | 40 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palo Alto Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (495 to 528); teachers up 5% (29.4 to 30.8).
About Palo Alto Elementary School
In SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Palo Alto Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 528 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Palo Alto Elementary School is part of a district of 15 schools: SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD, with 7,987 students.
Of every 100 students at Palo Alto Elementary School, about 93 are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 5% White and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Bexar County is roughly 60% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 14%.
With 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.1:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Palo Alto Elementary School, 93% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Bexar County average 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, Palo Alto Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 7% of Texas public elementary schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Palo Alto Elementary School's results are 8.1 points below predicted: 25.8% against 33.9%.
In Bexar County, the median household earns about $72,341 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Bexar County has 638 public schools with about 368,487 students, including Palo Alto Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Roy Benavidez Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Palo Alto Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 25.8% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 487 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 528 by 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 18.7 in 2020-21 to 17.1 in 2024-25.
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Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD
- South San Antonio High SchoolHigh · 2,190 students
- Roy Benavidez Elementary SchoolElementary · 669 students
- Robert C Zamora Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- South San Antonio H S - West CampusHigh · 519 students
- Miguel Carrillo Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Alan B Shepard Middle SchoolMiddle · 447 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- Roy Benavidez Elementary School0.5 mi · 669
- Alternative School0.6 mi · 62
- Robert C Zamora Middle School0.7 mi · 655
- Frank L Madla Early College High School0.8 mi · 150
- Imelda Davis Early College High School0.8 mi · 18
- Bob Hope Elementary School0.9 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Palo Alto Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Palo Alto Elementary School?
Palo Alto Elementary School enrolls approximately 528 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Palo Alto Elementary School serve?
Palo Alto Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Palo Alto Elementary School have?
Palo Alto Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Palo Alto Elementary School?
Student demographics at Palo Alto Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 93% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Palo Alto Elementary School in?
Palo Alto Elementary School is part of SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.