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Enrollment
663
Elementary
DISTRICT 612 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD·NCES 483948004489
Schertz Elementary School
701 CURTISS AVE, SCHERTZ, TX 78154 · (210) 619-4650 · Guadalupe County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL663 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
439 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 67 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 27% smaller than its 4th grade class (129).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 30.0% | 21.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% | 44.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Schertz Elementary School
Schertz Elementary School's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schertz Elementary School this school | 663 | 66.2% | 33.3% |
| Eduardo Mata Montessori School DALLAS | 720 | 66.7% | 41.4% |
| Stahl Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 644 | 69.3% | 42.0% |
| Newton Collins Elementary School AUSTIN | 600 | 67.3% | 42.6% |
| W A Martin Elementary School CRANDALL | 614 | 68.1% | 29.0% |
| Peters Colony Elementary School THE COLONY | 610 | 63.9% | 31.9% |
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 Schertz Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Guadalupe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #3,341 of 4,401 | #20 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,871 of 4,466 ▲ 57 | #22 of 22 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,802 of 4,466 ▲ 819 | #15 of 22 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,094 of 3,998 | #9 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 663 | #1,167 of 4,938 | #7 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #449 of 4,622 | #1 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.2% | #2,836 of 4,628 | #20 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #2,768 of 4,789 | #6 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #1,589 of 2,838 | #6 of 13 |
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
663
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 663 | 54 | 12.3:1 | 66% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 668 | 50.6 | 13.2:1 | 70% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 671 | 55.5 | 12.1:1 | 67% (450) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 58% (388) |
| 2017-18 | 781 | 52.5 | 14.9:1 | 57% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 765 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 61% (463) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | 49 | 15.1:1 | 61% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 35% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 492 | 27 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schertz Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (781 to 663); teachers up 3% (52.5 to 54).
About Schertz Elementary School
Schertz Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in SCHERTZ, Texas. Total enrollment is 663 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 4. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 28% higher.
Schertz Elementary School belongs to SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD, a district of 16 schools and 14,947 students.
Hispanic students are 72% of those enrolled at Schertz Elementary School. The remaining shares are 17% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Guadalupe County's population at about 39%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
With 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.3:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 2.8 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 66% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Guadalupe County report 45%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Schertz Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.3%; the prediction is 45.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Guadalupe County show that median household income comes to about $92,375, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 49, with about 30,977 students.
Schertz Elementary School's nearest public school is Allison L Steele E L C (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Schertz Elementary School is 8th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Schertz Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Schertz Elementary School was 669 in 2020-21 and 663 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.7:1 to 12.3:1.
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Guadalupe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,642
Census ACS
Median income
$92,375
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
30,977 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD
- Byron P Steele II High SchoolHigh · 2,793 students
- Samuel Clemens High SchoolHigh · 2,589 students
- Dobie Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,231 students
- Ray D Corbett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- Rose Garden Elementary SchoolElementary · 861 students
- Barbara Jordan Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 811 students
Other schools in SCHERTZ
- Samuel Clemens High SchoolHigh · 2,589 students
- Ray D Corbett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- Sst SchertzElementary · 895 students
- Rose Garden Elementary SchoolElementary · 861 students
- Founders Classical Academy of SchertzCombined · 774 students
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 702 students
Nearby schools
- Allison L Steele E L C0.4 mi · 87
- Samuel Clemens High School0.5 mi · 2,589
- Dobie Junior High School1.4 mi · 1,231
- Watts Elementary School1.5 mi · 500
- Randolph Elementary School1.5 mi · 627
- Barbara Jordan Intermediate School1.7 mi · 811
Frequently asked questions
About Schertz Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Schertz Elementary School?
Schertz Elementary School enrolls approximately 663 students in grades PK-04.
Is Schertz Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Schertz Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Schertz Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Schertz Elementary School is approximately 12.3:1 (54 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Schertz Elementary School?
Schertz Elementary School reports a student body of 17% White, 72% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Schertz Elementary School in?
Schertz Elementary School is part of SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD.
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