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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the RICARDO SALINAS EL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
675
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUDSON ISD·NCES 482499010447
Ricardo Salinas Elementary School
10560 OLD CIMMARON TRL, UNIVERSAL CITY, TX 78148 · (210) 659-5045 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
16.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
476 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 81 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 30.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 15.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Ricardo Salinas Elementary School
Ricardo Salinas Elementary School's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Salinas Elementary School this school | 675 | 70.5% | 37.4% |
| Alice Ponder Elementary School MANSFIELD | 647 | 68.8% | 48.0% |
| Harker Heights Elementary School HARKER HEIGHTS | 706 | 73.7% | 39.6% |
| Noble Reed CRANDALL | 800 | 70.8% | 39.8% |
| Oak Forest Elementary School HUMBLE | 732 | 73.6% | 33.3% |
| H C Carleston Elementary School PEARLAND | 714 | 66.9% | 46.4% |
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 Ricardo Salinas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #2,896 of 4,401 | #150 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,987 of 4,466 ▲ 383 | #154 of 317 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,278 of 4,466 ▲ 192 | #127 of 317 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.5pp | #383 of 3,998 | #29 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 675 | #1,085 of 4,938 | #78 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #3,767 of 4,622 | #249 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #1,159 of 4,628 | #38 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.5% | #2,534 of 4,789 | #201 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #2,799 of 2,838 | #190 of 192 |
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
675
+27 (+4%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 856
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 675 | 40.2 | 16.8:1 | 71% (476) |
| 2023-24 | 694 | 46.4 | 15.0:1 | 68% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 789 | 47 | 16.8:1 | 65% (513) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 57% (372) |
| 2017-18 | 680 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 53% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 32 | 19.8:1 | 53% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 856 | 51 | 16.8:1 | 42% (362) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ricardo Salinas Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (680 to 675); teachers down 9% (44 to 40.2).
About Ricardo Salinas Elementary School
Ricardo Salinas Elementary School, located in UNIVERSAL CITY, Texas, is a mid-sized elementary school. It had 675 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
JUDSON ISD enrolls 23,539 students in 36 schools, including Ricardo Salinas Elementary School.
Of every 100 students at Ricardo Salinas Elementary School, about 54 are Hispanic. The school is also 21% Black, 17% White, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ricardo Salinas Elementary School scores 63%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ricardo Salinas Elementary School is 16.8:1, based on 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Lunch program data show 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Ricardo Salinas Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 37% of Texas public elementary schools.
Ricardo Salinas Elementary School is 6.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (37.4% versus 43.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
In the wider Bexar County area, the median household earns about $72,341 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Ricardo Salinas Elementary School shares Bexar County with 637 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Kitty Hawk Middle School, is about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Ricardo Salinas Elementary School is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Ricardo Salinas Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 675, up from 648 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.8:1, from 14.7:1.
This page is set up for the Ricardo Salinas Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 JUDSON ISD
- Judson High SchoolHigh · 2,498 students
- Karen Wagner High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,579 students
- Judson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,189 students
- Kitty Hawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Henry Metzger Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
Other schools in UNIVERSAL CITY
- Kitty Hawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Fine Arts Academy of OlympiaElementary · 458 students
- Coronado Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Kitty Hawk Middle School0.6 mi · 1,062
- Coronado Village Elementary School1.1 mi · 318
- Judson Early College Academy1.2 mi · 438
- Randolph High School1.2 mi · 464
- Randolph Middle School1.2 mi · 336
- Crestview Elementary School1.4 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Ricardo Salinas Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ricardo Salinas Elementary School?
Ricardo Salinas Elementary School enrolls approximately 675 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ricardo Salinas Elementary School serve?
Ricardo Salinas Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ricardo Salinas Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ricardo Salinas Elementary School is approximately 16.8:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ricardo Salinas Elementary School?
At Ricardo Salinas Elementary School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 54% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Ricardo Salinas Elementary School in?
Ricardo Salinas Elementary School is part of JUDSON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.