PECAN VALLEY EL

PECAN VALLEY EL is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, run under EAST CENTRAL ISD, with 457 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within EAST CENTRAL ISD, which oversees 16 schools and 11,497 students, PECAN VALLEY EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PECAN VALLEY EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 9% White, 9% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PECAN VALLEY EL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PECAN VALLEY EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PECAN VALLEY EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.4%; this one comes in at 13.9%, -24.5 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Bexar County shows median household income runs about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. PECAN VALLEY EL is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

JUBILEE SAN ANTONIO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 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 PECAN VALLEY EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 26.4%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 520 students in 2018 compared to 457 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 82% to 78% across the same window.

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