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Enrollment
616
Elementary
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHWEST ISD·NCES 484095004656
Sun Valley Elementary School
6803 S W LOOP 410, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78227 · (210) 645-7570 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
480 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 | 77 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 23.0% | 30.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 27.0% | 24.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Sun Valley Elementary School
Sun Valley Elementary School's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Valley Elementary School this school | 616 | 77.9% | 47.7% |
| Parkwood Elementary School PASADENA | 619 | 80.8% | N/A |
| IDEA Mesa Hills Academy EL PASO | 643 | 79.9% | 45.7% |
| Knowlton Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 564 | 76.1% | 28.1% |
| Cedar Brook Elementary School HOUSTON | 654 | 76.9% | 50.1% |
| O'Shea Keleher Whole Child Academy EL PASO | 672 | 78.3% | 47.4% |
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 Sun Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #1,664 of 4,401 | #83 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,451 of 4,466 ▼ 588 | #118 of 317 ▼ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,569 of 4,466 ▼ 497 | #144 of 317 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #681 of 3,998 | #58 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #1,493 of 4,938 | #105 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,161 of 4,622 | #96 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #3,659 of 4,628 | #200 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #2,096 of 4,789 | #169 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #2,810 of 2,838 | #191 of 192 |
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
616
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 616 | 45.5 | 13.5:1 | 78% (480) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 44 | 14.0:1 | 80% (491) |
| 2022-23 | 650 | 43.8 | 14.8:1 | 80% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 44 | 14.0:1 | 72% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 38.8 | 16.0:1 | 75% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 78% (521) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 45 | 16.9:1 | 83% (629) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 86% (394) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | 21 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sun Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (620 to 616); teachers up 17% (38.8 to 45.5).
About Sun Valley Elementary School
Sun Valley Elementary School is a public elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. There are 616 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
The SOUTHWEST ISD system has 18 schools and 14,833 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Sun Valley Elementary School is Hispanic, at 88%. After that, the student body is 5% White, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Bexar County, the Hispanic share is about 60%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.
There are 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sun Valley Elementary School, giving a ratio of 13.5:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. By family income, 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Bexar County averages 63%, lower than here.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sun Valley Elementary School is 7.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 47.7% actual, 40.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
In Bexar County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $72,341 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Sun Valley Elementary School, Bexar County has 638 public schools.
The closest school to Sun Valley Elementary School is Valley Hi Elementary School, located about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sun Valley Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Sun Valley Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 615 to 616, a small change.
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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 SOUTHWEST ISD
- Southwest High SchoolHigh · 2,363 students
- Southwest Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,250 students
- Elm Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 805 students
- Francis R Scobee Middle SchoolMiddle · 797 students
- Ronald E McNair Middle SchoolMiddle · 784 students
- Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolMiddle · 767 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
Other Sun Valley Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Sun Valley Elementary. Sun Valley Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 720 students
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolBirmingham, AL · 678 students
- Sun Valley ElementarySan Rafael, CA · 523 students
- Sun Valley ElementarySPARKS, NV · 520 students
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolSunnyside, WA · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Valley Hi Elementary School0.8 mi · 295
- Neil Armstrong Elementary School1.1 mi · 322
- Rayburn Middle School1.2 mi · 600
- Five Palms Elementary School1.4 mi · 444
- Allen Elementary School1.4 mi · 442
- Frank Madla Elementary School1.6 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About Sun Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sun Valley Elementary School?
Sun Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 616 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sun Valley Elementary School serve?
Sun Valley Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Sun Valley Elementary School have?
Sun Valley Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Sun Valley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sun Valley Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 88% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sun Valley Elementary School public or private?
Sun Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOUTHWEST ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.