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Enrollment
561
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST CENTRAL ISD·NCES 481785013627
TRADITION EL
12885 FM 1346, ST HEDWIG, TX 78152 · (210) 622-1700 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
338 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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
34.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About TRADITION EL
TRADITION EL is one of the moderately sized primary schools in ST HEDWIG, Texas, operated by EAST CENTRAL ISD, with 561 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 16 schools in EAST CENTRAL ISD (11,497 students total), TRADITION EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, TRADITION EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 28% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. Compared to Bexar County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, TRADITION EL has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, TRADITION EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.6%; actual is 25.5%, a gap of -22.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Bexar County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 TRADITION EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: HONOR EL, around 3.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TRADITION EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.4%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
On the community side, members of the TRADITION EL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. 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 EAST CENTRAL ISD
- EAST CENTRAL H SHigh · 3,362 students
- EAST CENTRAL HERITAGE MIDDLEMiddle · 1,251 students
- LEGACY MIDDLEMiddle · 1,143 students
- HONOR ELElementary · 806 students
- HARMONY ELElementary · 781 students
- SINCLAIR ELElementary · 739 students
Nearby schools
- HONOR EL3.1 mi · 806
- FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY OF SCHERTZ5.8 mi · 774
- IDEA CONVERSE COLLEGE PREPARATORY6.1 mi · 462
- IDEA CONVERSE ACADEMY6.1 mi · 743
- COPPERFIELD EL6.3 mi · 730
- ESCONDIDO EL6.5 mi · 833
Frequently asked questions
About TRADITION ELHow large is TRADITION EL?
TRADITION EL enrolls approximately 561 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does TRADITION EL serve?
TRADITION EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does TRADITION EL have?
TRADITION EL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at TRADITION EL?
Student demographics at TRADITION EL are roughly 28% White, 59% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is TRADITION EL in?
TRADITION EL is part of EAST CENTRAL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.