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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the THORNTON EL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSIDE ISD·NCES 483312006769
THORNTON EL
6450 PEMBROKE, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78240 · (210) 397-3950 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
327 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
55.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
573
-34 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.0:1
% White
16%
was 29%
% Hispanic
51%
was 53%
% Black
6%
was 5%
% Asian
17%
was 10%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About THORNTON EL
THORNTON EL, a moderately sized K-5 school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, one of the schools within NORTHSIDE ISD, works with 573 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
THORNTON EL is one of 128 schools operated by NORTHSIDE ISD, a district that teaches 100,435 students overall.
In terms of who attends, THORNTON EL records that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 17% Asian, 16% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, THORNTON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.0%, the actual is 42.0%, a residual of -7.0 points.
Zooming out to the county, Bexar County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), THORNTON EL is one campus in the mix.
RUDDER MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THORNTON EL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.4%.
THORNTON EL operates from a high-density location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 607 students in 2018 compared to 573 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 29% to 16% over that span.
Inside the community feed, members of the THORNTON EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 NORTHSIDE ISD
- BRENNAN H SHigh · 2,965 students
- HARLAN H SHigh · 2,778 students
- CLARK H SHigh · 2,750 students
- TAFT H SHigh · 2,670 students
- BRANDEIS H SHigh · 2,657 students
- MARSHALL H SHigh · 2,634 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- REAGAN H SHigh · 3,403 students
- EAST CENTRAL H SHigh · 3,362 students
- JOHNSON H SHigh · 3,196 students
- BRENNAN H SHigh · 2,965 students
- HARLAN H SHigh · 2,778 students
- CLARK H SHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- RUDDER MIDDLE0.2 mi · 961
- SOMERSET ACADEMY OAKS0.6 mi · 199
- BOONE EL0.9 mi · 458
- ALTERNATIVE EL1.5 mi · 2
- CARNAHAN EL1.5 mi · 528
- GREAT HEARTS FOREST HEIGHTS1.6 mi · 1,335
Frequently asked questions
About THORNTON ELHow many students attend THORNTON EL?
THORNTON EL enrolls approximately 573 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does THORNTON EL serve?
THORNTON EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at THORNTON EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at THORNTON EL is approximately 13.3:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at THORNTON EL?
At THORNTON EL, the student body is approximately 16% White, 51% Hispanic, 6% Black, 17% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is THORNTON EL public or private?
THORNTON EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.