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Which teacher or staff member at S/SGT MICHAEL P BARRERA VETERANS EL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
639
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERSET ISD·NCES 484074009129
S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School
4135 SMITH RD, VON ORMY, TX 78073 · (210) 750-8963 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% 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
15.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
523 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 62 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 138 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 16% smaller than its 4th grade class (129).
Student demographics
14%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
S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School→Savannah Heights Intermediate School→Somerset Junior High School
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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 40.0% | 20.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% 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 20 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 S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School
S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School this school | 639 | 81.8% | 58.8% |
| Elfida Chavez Elementary School EL PASO | 616 | 81.5% | 45.0% |
| Harmony School of Excellence - El Paso EL PASO | 682 | 81.1% | 61.9% |
| IDEA Owassa Academy PHARR | 699 | 82.0% | 48.8% |
| IDEA Brownsville Academy BROWNSVILLE | 702 | 81.8% | 47.3% |
| IDEA Academy San Benito SAN BENITO | 685 | 80.3% | 50.1% |
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 S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #833 of 4,401 | #39 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,544 of 4,466 ▼ 701 | #72 of 317 ▼ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,399 of 4,466 ▲ 55 | #74 of 317 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #932 of 3,998 | #78 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #1,333 of 4,938 | #93 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,958 of 4,622 | #196 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #3,940 of 4,628 | #250 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.8% | #1,804 of 4,789 | #151 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #1,221 of 1,307 | #65 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
639
+133 (+26%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 639 | 41.1 | 15.6:1 | 82% (523) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 39.4 | 16.5:1 | 85% (551) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 36.9 | 15.8:1 | 89% (518) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 92% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 42.1 | 15.0:1 | 81% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 42 | 15.3:1 | 82% (528) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 39 | 16.3:1 | 86% (547) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (630 to 639); teachers down 2% (42.1 to 41.1).
About S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School
VON ORMY, Texas, is home to S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 639 students in pre-K through 4. The school is 23% above the average for elementary schools in Texas.
The district, SOMERSET ISD, operates 8 schools serving 4,259 students.
A large majority of enrollment at S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School is Hispanic, at 92%. Other reported shares: 6% White. Bexar County's residents are about 60% Hispanic, 33 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School reports a ratio of 15.6 students per teacher, from 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Lunch program data show 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County is 19 points.
On the allk12 Grade, S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 85% of Texas public elementary schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School does better than predicted by 20.0 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.8%; the prediction is 38.7%.
In Bexar County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $72,341, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 638 public schools and about 368,487 students.
A public school about 1.1 miles away, Savannah Heights Intermediate School, is the closest to S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 49.3% proficiency; S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School posts 58.8%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 133 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.3:1 in 2020-21, and 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Somerset Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 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 VON ORMY
- Southwest Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,250 students
- Judith A Resnik Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
- Savannah Heights Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 618 students
- Somerset Junior High SchoolMiddle · 608 students
Nearby schools
- Savannah Heights Intermediate School1.1 mi · 618
- Somerset Junior High School1.6 mi · 608
- Somerset High School4.0 mi · 1,175
- Somerset Early Childhood Elementary School4.2 mi · 373
- Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy4.2 mi · 128
- Somerset Elementary School4.2 mi · 716
Frequently asked questions
About S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary SchoolHow large is S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School?
S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School enrolls approximately 639 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School serve?
S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School?
S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 92% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School public or private?
S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOMERSET ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.