VILLARREAL EL

Set in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, VILLARREAL EL is a mid-sized elementary-level community, overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD. It educates 532 students across grades pre-K through 5.

VILLARREAL EL is one of 128 schools operated by NORTHSIDE ISD, a district that hosts 100,435 students overall.

On demographics, VILLARREAL EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Other groups include 3% Black. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting VILLARREAL EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, VILLARREAL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.4%; this one delivers 29.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bexar County) records that median household income runs about $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. VILLARREAL EL is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

IDEA INGRAM HILLS ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VILLARREAL EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VILLARREAL EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.0%.

VILLARREAL EL operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. VILLARREAL EL's enrollment has decreased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 713 (now 532). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 87% to 94% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.