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Enrollment
645
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN ANTONIO ISD·NCES 483873004394
Sarah S King Elementary School
1001 CERALVO ST, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78207 · (210) 978-7990 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest 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
16.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
637 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 112 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
26.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
24.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 17.0% | 34.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 19.0% | 25.0% | 51.0% |
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 | 26.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Sarah S King Elementary School
Sarah S King Elementary School's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah S King Elementary School this school | 645 | 98.8% | 20.9% |
| Youens Elementary School HOUSTON | 675 | 94.8% | 39.4% |
| Neff Elementary School HOUSTON | 709 | 96.1% | 34.7% |
| White E Elementary School HOUSTON | 691 | 91.9% | 33.3% |
| Chambers Elementary School HOUSTON | 559 | 94.1% | 38.5% |
| Neff Ecc HOUSTON | 550 | 98.7% | N/A |
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 Sarah S King Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,255 of 4,401 | #284 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #4,260 of 4,466 ▲ 47 | #286 of 317 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,383 of 4,466 ▼ 114 | #304 of 317 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,580 of 3,998 | #174 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #1,281 of 4,938 | #90 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #3,512 of 4,622 | #230 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #3,435 of 4,628 | #179 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #102 of 4,789 | #8 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #2,394 of 2,838 | #172 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
645
+62 (+11%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 645 | 39.5 | 16.3:1 | 99% (637) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 34.3 | 17.2:1 | 98% (577) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 36.8 | 15.3:1 | 98% (552) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 45 | 13.0:1 | 97% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 686 | 46.1 | 14.9:1 | 98% (670) |
| 2015-16 | 787 | 45 | 17.5:1 | 98% (771) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 27% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 28% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 561 | 31 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sarah S King Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (686 to 645); teachers down 14% (46.1 to 39.5).
About Sarah S King Elementary School
Located in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sarah S King Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 645 students. It has 24% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
Sarah S King Elementary School belongs to SAN ANTONIO ISD, a district of 100 schools and 47,623 students.
The share of students at Sarah S King Elementary School who are Hispanic is 83%. Other groups make up 9% Asian, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 60% of Bexar County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 30%.
For every teacher at Sarah S King Elementary School, there are about 16.3 students; the school has 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 99%. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County.
Sarah S King Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of Texas public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Sarah S King Elementary School would score about 31.5%. It scores 20.9%, 10.7 points below that figure.
The school's county is Bexar County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 638 public schools in the county, enrolling about 368,487, Sarah S King Elementary School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, DAEP, is about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Sarah S King Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Sarah S King Elementary School's location as City: Large.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 583 (2020-21) to 645 (2024-25). Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.0:1 in 2020-21, and 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 SAN ANTONIO ISD
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,706 students
- Lanier High SchoolHigh · 1,620 students
- Brackenridge High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Highlands High SchoolHigh · 1,478 students
- Burbank High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- DAEP0.2 mi · 75
- Carvajal Elementary School0.4 mi · 328
- Rhodes Middle School0.6 mi · 461
- Promesa Academy Charter School0.6 mi · 248
- Alonso S Perales Elementary School0.7 mi · 469
- Storm Elementary School0.7 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About Sarah S King Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sarah S King Elementary School?
Sarah S King Elementary School enrolls approximately 645 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sarah S King Elementary School serve?
Sarah S King Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sarah S King Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sarah S King Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sarah S King Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sarah S King Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 83% Hispanic, 4% Black, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Sarah S King Elementary School in?
Sarah S King Elementary School is part of SAN ANTONIO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.