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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSIDE ISD·NCES 483312005565
Timberwilde Elementary School
8838 TIMBERWILDE, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78250 · (210) 397-0400 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
291 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -1.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 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 down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 25.0% | 19.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Timberwilde Elementary School
Timberwilde Elementary School's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timberwilde Elementary School this school | 439 | 66.3% | 42.9% |
| Sinton Elementary School SINTON | 458 | 66.2% | 38.4% |
| Brauchle Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 396 | 65.9% | 40.8% |
| Natalia Elementary School NATALIA | 426 | 64.8% | 28.9% |
| Reagan County Elementary School BIG LAKE | 448 | 63.6% | 31.6% |
| Griffith Elementary School CLUTE | 493 | 63.1% | 53.8% |
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 Timberwilde Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #2,219 of 4,401 | #107 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,434 of 4,466 ▲ 180 | #111 of 317 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,071 of 4,466 ▲ 557 | #118 of 317 ▲ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #3,137 of 4,938 | #222 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #720 of 4,622 | #64 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.4% | #3,313 of 4,628 | #168 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #2,763 of 4,789 | #212 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.6% | #387 of 2,838 | #30 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
439
-103 (-19%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 1,020
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 439 | 34.2 | 12.8:1 | 66% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 38.7 | 11.7:1 | 72% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 41.5 | 12.3:1 | 71% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 542 | 45 | 12.0:1 | 63% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | 47 | 13.8:1 | 64% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 740 | 52 | 14.2:1 | 62% (456) |
| 2010-11 | 751 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 59% (441) |
| 2000-01 | 837 | 57 | 14.7:1 | 43% (361) |
| 1990-91 | 1,020 | 59 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Timberwilde Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (651 to 439); teachers down 27% (47 to 34.2).
About Timberwilde Elementary School
Timberwilde Elementary School is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. It educates 439 students in pre-K through 5.
Timberwilde Elementary School is one school in NORTHSIDE ISD, a system of 127 schools with 100,208 students.
The student body at Timberwilde Elementary School is 80% Hispanic. Other groups make up 13% White and 4% Black. County-wide, 60% of Bexar County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Timberwilde Elementary School counts 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.8 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 12.8:1 here. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Bexar County average 63%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Timberwilde Elementary School is -2.5 points: 42.9% actual, 45.4% predicted.
Within Bexar County, the median household income is $72,341, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Bexar County has 638 public schools and roughly 368,487 students.
The nearest public school is Myers Elementary School, at about 1.0 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 42.9% average proficiency ranks 5th among 8 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Timberwilde Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 542 in 2020-21 to 439 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 2,670 students
- Brandeis High SchoolHigh · 2,657 students
- Marshall High SchoolHigh · 2,634 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
- Myers Elementary School1.0 mi · 459
- Second Chance Academy1.2 mi · 8
- Connally Middle School1.2 mi · 692
- Raba Elementary School1.2 mi · 565
- Fernandez Elementary School1.3 mi · 416
- Elrod Elementary School1.4 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Timberwilde Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Timberwilde Elementary School?
Timberwilde Elementary School enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-05.
Is Timberwilde Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Timberwilde Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Timberwilde Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Timberwilde Elementary School is approximately 12.8:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Timberwilde Elementary School?
At Timberwilde Elementary School, the student body is approximately 13% White, 80% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Timberwilde Elementary School public or private?
Timberwilde Elementary School 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.