SUN VALLEY EL

SUN VALLEY EL is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, operated by SOUTHWEST ISD. The school teaches 616 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within SOUTHWEST ISD, which oversees 18 schools and 14,833 students, SUN VALLEY EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, SUN VALLEY EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). The remainder comes out to 5% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, SUN VALLEY EL reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SUN VALLEY EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 78% of students at SUN VALLEY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SUN VALLEY EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bexar County put the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 SUN VALLEY EL is one.

VALLEY HI EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUN VALLEY EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUN VALLEY EL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

SUN VALLEY EL operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 620 students in 2018 compared to 616 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the SUN VALLEY EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.