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Alumni: what's one memory from VAN RAUB EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
759
Elementary
DISTRICT 626 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOERNE ISD·NCES 481071011292
Van Raub Elementary School
8776 DIETZ ELKHORN RD, FAIR OAKS RANCH, TX 78015 · (830) 357-4100 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL759 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
101 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 149 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
83.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +3.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
79.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -1.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 54.0% | 29.0% | 13.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 47.0% | 32.0% | 14.0% | 7.0% |
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 | 83.0% | 79.0% |
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 75.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
72.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Van Raub Elementary School
Van Raub Elementary School's state test result (72.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Raub Elementary School this school | 759 | 13.3% | 72.9% |
| Baranoff Elementary School AUSTIN | 810 | 14.1% | 58.3% |
| Forest Creek Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 652 | 14.0% | 61.5% |
| Hill Elementary School AUSTIN | 811 | 15.7% | 70.6% |
| Buckalew Elementary School THE WOODLANDS | 823 | 18.1% | 84.3% |
| Timberwood Park Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 746 | 10.3% | 75.0% |
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 Van Raub Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #237 of 4,401 | #7 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #144 of 4,466 ▲ 64 | #2 of 317 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #154 of 4,466 ▲ 30 | #4 of 317 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,443 of 3,998 | #97 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 759 | #599 of 4,938 | #39 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #2,020 of 4,622 | #140 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #1,372 of 4,628 | #52 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #4,577 of 4,789 | #318 of 327 |
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
759
+20 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 759 | 52.2 | 14.5:1 | 13% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 835 | 51.5 | 16.2:1 | 13% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 827 | 52.5 | 15.8:1 | 12% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 8% (61) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Van Raub Elementary School.
About Van Raub Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Van Raub Elementary School serves students in FAIR OAKS RANCH, Texas. A total of 759 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 46% above average.
The 13 schools of BOERNE ISD, including Van Raub Elementary School, enroll 11,101 students.
Van Raub Elementary School's enrollment is 51% White. Next come 36% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 42% White among all Bexar County residents. By the diversity index, Van Raub Elementary School comes in at 60%.
Teachers at Van Raub Elementary School total 52.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.5:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. The school counts 101 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 13%. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Van Raub Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 68.0% at Van Raub Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 72.9%.
Among Bexar County residents, median household income is about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 638 public schools in Bexar County, with a combined enrollment of about 368,487.
Nearest public school: Fair Oaks Ranch Elementary School, about 2.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 68.1%; Van Raub Elementary School's is 72.9%, ranking 2nd of 8.
Van Raub Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Van Raub Elementary School saw enrollment rise 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.1:1 in 2020-21, and 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Van Raub Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 BOERNE ISD
- Boerne - Samuel V Champion High SchoolHigh · 2,067 students
- Boerne High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- Boerne Middle SouthMiddle · 909 students
- Boerne Middle NorthMiddle · 863 students
- Fair Oaks Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 821 students
- Voss Middle SchoolMiddle · 764 students
Other schools in FAIR OAKS RANCH
- Fair Oaks Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 821 students
Nearby schools
- Fair Oaks Ranch Elementary School2.1 mi · 821
- Viola Wilson Elementary School3.3 mi · 473
- Boerne Middle South3.4 mi · 909
- Kendall Elementary School3.5 mi · 562
- Oaks Academy3.9 mi · 36
- McAndrew Elementary School4.0 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About Van Raub Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Van Raub Elementary School?
Van Raub Elementary School enrolls approximately 759 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Van Raub Elementary School serve?
Van Raub Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Van Raub Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Van Raub Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Van Raub Elementary School?
Student demographics at Van Raub Elementary School are roughly 51% White, 36% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Van Raub Elementary School in?
Van Raub Elementary School is part of BOERNE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.