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V M ADAMS EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About V M ADAMS EL
V M ADAMS EL operates as a mid-tier elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, one of the schools within HARLANDALE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 732 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% larger than the state mean of about 519.
Within HARLANDALE ISD, which oversees 21 schools and 11,564 students, V M ADAMS EL is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, V M ADAMS EL shows that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, V M ADAMS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.9%; this one delivers 28.4%.
In the area at large, census data for Bexar County shows median household income runs about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. V M ADAMS EL is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
HARLANDALE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), V M ADAMS EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 723 students in 2018 compared to 732 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.
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