SERNA EL

SERNA EL is one of the tight-knit elementary campuss in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by NORTH EAST ISD, with 312 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 75 schools in NORTH EAST ISD (56,420 students total), SERNA EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, SERNA EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 29% Black, 10% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SERNA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.5%, the actual is 27.1%, a residual of -8.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Bexar County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which SERNA EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CLEAR SPRING EL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SERNA EL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SERNA EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 30.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SERNA EL has ticked down 35%, going from 479 students in 2018 to 312 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 60% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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