RABA EL

RABA EL, a moderately sized K-5 school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, one of the schools within NORTHSIDE ISD, hosts 565 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

RABA EL is one of 128 schools operated by NORTHSIDE ISD, a district that serves 100,435 students overall.

In terms of who attends, RABA EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% White, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting RABA EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RABA EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 51.5%; RABA EL posts 68.3%, +16.8 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, 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. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), RABA EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WARREN H S, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RABA EL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 27%: 774 students in 2018 compared to 565 in 2025.

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