Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 246 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN SABA ISD·NCES 483903004456
San Saba Elementary School
808 W WALLACE, SAN SABA, TX 76877 · (325) 267-2731 · San Saba County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
12.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
223 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 49 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 20% larger than its 4th grade class (46).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within SAN SABA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 24.0% | 35.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 18.0% | 26.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 42.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 San Saba Elementary School
San Saba Elementary School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Saba Elementary School this school | 305 | 73.1% | 31.3% |
| Oliver Elementary School STAMFORD | 295 | 75.3% | 34.5% |
| Sweetwater Intermediate School SWEETWATER | 353 | 72.0% | 31.4% |
| Grape Creek Intermediate School SAN ANGELO | 290 | 68.3% | 34.9% |
| Louise Elementary School LOUISE | 273 | 68.9% | 45.9% |
| Winters Elementary School WINTERS | 334 | 67.4% | 41.2% |
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 San Saba Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,542 of 4,401 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #4,026 of 4,466 ▼ 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #3,498 of 4,466 ▲ 358 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #579 of 3,998 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #4,168 of 4,938 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #355 of 4,622 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #2,525 of 4,628 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.1% | #2,388 of 4,789 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #2,066 of 2,838 |
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
305
-15 (-5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 305 | 25.4 | 12.0:1 | 73% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 23.8 | 13.1:1 | 78% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 26.6 | 11.1:1 | 74% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 27 | 11.8:1 | 80% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 337 | 28.8 | 11.7:1 | 76% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 74% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 318 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 72% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 25 | 14.1:1 | 72% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 317 | 25 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for San Saba Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (337 to 305); teachers down 12% (28.8 to 25.4).
About San Saba Elementary School
San Saba Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in SAN SABA, Texas. A federal count lists 305 students at the school, in pre-K through 4. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 41% smaller than that.
SAN SABA ISD enrolls 738 students in 3 schools, including San Saba Elementary School.
Hispanic students are the majority at San Saba Elementary School, with 59% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 41% White. Among all residents of San Saba County, the Hispanic share is about 31%. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.0:1, with 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.1 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 73% of enrollment.
allk12 grades San Saba Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, San Saba Elementary School is 11.1 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 31.3% actual, 42.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
San Saba County has about 5,696 residents, and the median household income is $55,819, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Besides San Saba Elementary School, San Saba County has 5 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, San Saba High School, is about 0.2 miles away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. San Saba Elementary School places 7th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
San Saba Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.
Over 4 years, San Saba Elementary School's enrollment declined 5%, to 305.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for San Saba Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
San Saba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,696
Census ACS
Median income
$55,819
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
981 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAN SABA ISD
- San Saba High SchoolHigh · 217 students
- San Saba Middle SchoolMiddle · 216 students
Other schools in SAN SABA
- San Saba High SchoolHigh · 217 students
- San Saba Middle SchoolMiddle · 216 students
- Pecan Ridge High SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- San Saba High School0.2 mi · 217
- San Saba Middle School0.2 mi · 216
- Richland Springs School14.4 mi · 120
- Cherokee School14.8 mi · 123
- New Horizons Ranch School18.4 mi · 40
- Goldthwaite Middle School20.0 mi · 111
Frequently asked questions
About San Saba Elementary SchoolHow large is San Saba Elementary School?
San Saba Elementary School enrolls approximately 305 students in grades PK-04.
Is San Saba Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
San Saba Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does San Saba Elementary School have?
San Saba Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at San Saba Elementary School?
Student demographics at San Saba Elementary School are roughly 41% White, 59% Hispanic.
What district is San Saba Elementary School in?
San Saba Elementary School is part of SAN SABA ISD.
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