POWELL EL

POWELL EL is one of the modestly sized elementary schools in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, part of NORTHSIDE ISD, with 418 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within NORTHSIDE ISD, which oversees 128 schools and 100,435 students, POWELL EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, POWELL EL reports that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 10% White, 7% Asian, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, POWELL EL reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, POWELL EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.1%, the actual is 39.1%, a residual of +2.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bexar County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), POWELL EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is THE GATHERING PLACE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around POWELL EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts POWELL EL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 37.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at POWELL EL has declined 17%, going from 502 students in 2018 to 418 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 1% to 7%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.