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If you could change one rule at SST HILL COUNTRY, what would it be?
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Enrollment
675
Elementary
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY·NCES 480140013931
Sst Hill Country
9202 W LOOP 1604 N, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78254 · (210) 688-9758 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
17.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
318 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 23% smaller than its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Sst Hill Country→Sst Hill Country College Prep High School
Based on grade levels within SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY. 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% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp 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 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% |
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% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Sst Hill Country
Sst Hill Country's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sst Hill Country this school | 675 | 47.1% | 55.0% |
| Faye Webb Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 634 | 50.5% | 64.9% |
| Kolda Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 641 | 45.7% | 53.9% |
| Raba Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 565 | 51.3% | 66.0% |
| El Magnet at Reagan Elementary School ODESSA | 685 | 43.2% | 89.4% |
| Reed Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 766 | 48.3% | 42.5% |
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 Sst Hill Country ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,068 of 4,401 | #52 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,113 of 4,466 ▲ 76 | #101 of 317 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,688 of 4,466 ▼ 805 | #96 of 317 ▼ 49 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.0pp | #443 of 3,998 | #42 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 675 | #1,077 of 4,938 | #77 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #4,113 of 4,622 | #267 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #2,600 of 4,628 | #117 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #3,694 of 4,789 | #261 of 327 |
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
675
+420 (+165%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 675 | 38.3 | 17.6:1 | 47% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 36.7 | 16.6:1 | 49% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 57 | 12.1:1 | 45% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 255 | 17 | 15.0:1 | 47% (121) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sst Hill Country.
About Sst Hill Country
Sst Hill Country is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 675 students. Enrollment is 30% higher than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY includes 8 schools. Together they enroll 6,084 students.
Sst Hill Country's enrollment is 70% Hispanic. Next come 14% White, 7% Black, and 6% Asian. That compares with about 60% Hispanic among all Bexar County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Sst Hill Country belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
The school employs the equivalent of 38.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Sst Hill Country is 47%. It compares with 63% for public schools in Bexar County.
Sst Hill Country is graded B by allk12, scoring above 62% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.6% for Sst Hill Country. The school posts 55.0%, 1.5 points above the prediction.
County data help place the school in context: in Bexar County, median household income is about $72,341, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Sst Hill Country is among the 638 public schools in Bexar County.
The shortest distance from Sst Hill Country to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Sst Hill Country College Prep High School. The five-mile area around Sst Hill Country holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 55.0% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Sst Hill Country as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: Sst Hill Country is a public charter school.
Sst Hill Country had 255 students in 2020-21 and 675 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.6:1) than in 2020-21 (15.0:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY
- Sst Corpus ChristiCombined · 2,343 students
- Sst SugarlandElementary · 739 students
- Sst NorthwestElementary · 661 students
- Sst AdvancementElementary · 646 students
- Sst DiscoveryElementary · 508 students
- Sst Hill Country College Prep High SchoolHigh · 387 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
- Sst Hill Country College Prep High School0.0 mi · 387
- Brauchle Elementary School0.3 mi · 396
- Nichols Elementary School0.8 mi · 321
- Krueger Elementary School0.9 mi · 477
- Northwest Crossing Elementary School1.1 mi · 362
- Braun Station Elementary School1.3 mi · 332
Frequently asked questions
About Sst Hill CountryWhat is the total enrollment at Sst Hill Country?
Sst Hill Country enrolls approximately 675 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Sst Hill Country serve?
Sst Hill Country serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sst Hill Country?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Sst Hill Country.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sst Hill Country?
At Sst Hill Country, the student body is approximately 14% White, 70% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Sst Hill Country public or private?
Sst Hill Country is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.