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What's something SOMERSET EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
716
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERSET ISD·NCES 484074004622
Somerset Elementary School
7840 6TH ST, SOMERSET, TX 78069 · (210) 750-8961 · Bexar County
GRADES 01–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL716 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
16.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
593 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 177 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 171 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 191 | 27% |
| Grade 4 | 177 | 25% |
This year's 1st grade class (177) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (177).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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 SOMERSET ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 30.0% | 23.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 66.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 55.0% |
| 2020-21 | 45.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Somerset Elementary School
Somerset Elementary School's state test result (55.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset Elementary School this school | 716 | 82.8% | 55.6% |
| IDEA Owassa Academy PHARR | 699 | 82.0% | 48.8% |
| IDEA Brownsville Academy BROWNSVILLE | 702 | 81.8% | 47.3% |
| Jane A Hambric School EL PASO | 740 | 83.8% | 46.2% |
| Harmony School of Excellence - El Paso EL PASO | 682 | 81.1% | 61.9% |
| IDEA Harlingen Academy HARLINGEN | 651 | 84.8% | 45.1% |
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 Somerset Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,019 of 4,401 | #51 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,105 of 4,466 ▼ 80 | #48 of 317 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,779 of 4,466 ▼ 137 | #100 of 317 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #875 of 3,998 | #71 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 716 | #820 of 4,938 | #61 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #3,327 of 4,622 | #220 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.1% | #3,919 of 4,628 | #243 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #1,746 of 4,789 | #145 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #1,107 of 1,307 | #57 of 70 |
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
716
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 972
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 716 | 44.6 | 16.1:1 | 83% (593) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 43.2 | 16.6:1 | 87% (622) |
| 2022-23 | 727 | 45.5 | 16.0:1 | 87% (629) |
| 2020-21 | 690 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 86% (594) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 47.5 | 14.6:1 | 81% (561) |
| 2015-16 | 698 | 50 | 14.0:1 | 82% (575) |
| 2010-11 | 679 | 46 | 14.8:1 | 83% (562) |
| 2000-01 | 917 | 55 | 16.7:1 | 84% (771) |
| 1990-91 | 972 | 62 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Somerset Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (694 to 716); teachers down 6% (47.5 to 44.6).
About Somerset Elementary School
Students in SOMERSET, Texas, attend Somerset Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 716 students in grades 1 through 4. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 38% higher.
SOMERSET ISD (8 schools, 4,259 students) runs Somerset Elementary School.
At Somerset Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 92% of the student body. The school is also 7% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 60%. The chance that two students picked at random at Somerset Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 15%.
Teachers at the school number 44.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.1:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The school's lunch program data list 83% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Bexar County is 63%.
Somerset Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 81% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Somerset Elementary School are 17.3 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 55.6%, compared with a predicted 38.3%, which ranks in the top 10% in Texas.
In the county around the school, Bexar County, median household income is about $72,341, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 638 public schools operate in Bexar County, serving about 368,487 students.
The next-closest public school is Somerset Early Childhood Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Somerset Elementary School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Somerset Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Somerset Elementary School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 716 was 4% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 690.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Somerset Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 SOMERSET ISD
- Somerset High SchoolHigh · 1,175 students
- S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary SchoolElementary · 639 students
- Savannah Heights Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 618 students
- Somerset Junior High SchoolMiddle · 608 students
- Somerset Early Childhood Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership AcademyHigh · 128 students
Other schools in SOMERSET
- Somerset High SchoolHigh · 1,175 students
- Somerset Early Childhood Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership AcademyHigh · 128 students
Other Somerset Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Somerset Elementary. Somerset Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Somerset Elementary SchoolBellevue, WA · 741 students
- Somerset ElementarySomerset, WI · 577 students
- SOMERSET ELEMENTARYMENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN · 412 students
- Somerset ElementaryChevy Chase, MD · 314 students
- Somerset Elementary SchoolSomerset, OH · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Somerset Early Childhood Elementary School0.1 mi · 373
- Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy0.2 mi · 128
- Somerset High School0.4 mi · 1,175
- Savannah Heights Intermediate School3.5 mi · 618
- Somerset Junior High School3.6 mi · 608
- S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School4.2 mi · 639
Frequently asked questions
About Somerset Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Somerset Elementary School?
Somerset Elementary School enrolls approximately 716 students in grades 01-04.
What age range does Somerset Elementary School serve?
Somerset Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Somerset Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Somerset Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Somerset Elementary School?
At Somerset Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 92% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Somerset Elementary School in?
Somerset Elementary School is part of SOMERSET ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.