POTRANCO EL

POTRANCO EL, a sprawling primary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by MEDINA VALLEY ISD, instructs 839 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 62% larger than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 9 schools in MEDINA VALLEY ISD (9,638 students total), POTRANCO EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, POTRANCO EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder is composed of 21% White, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 52% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, POTRANCO EL has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Medina County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, POTRANCO EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.2%, the actual is 53.5%, a residual of -1.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Medina County shows median household income runs about $78,074, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Medina County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,127 students), POTRANCO EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MEDINA VALLEY LOMA ALTA MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, POTRANCO EL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. POTRANCO EL's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,025 (now 839). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 31% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.