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What's something VILLARREAL EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSIDE ISD·NCES 483312003696
Villarreal Elementary School
2902 WHITE TAIL DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78228 · (210) 397-5800 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
11.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
444 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 | 52 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
11%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
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% | 42.0% |
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 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Villarreal Elementary School
Villarreal Elementary School's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villarreal Elementary School this school | 532 | 83.5% | 31.1% |
| Pebble Hills Elementary School EL PASO | 534 | 82.4% | 55.2% |
| Vista Del Sol Environmental Science EL PASO | 505 | 84.0% | 48.5% |
| Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep HOUSTON | 583 | 84.9% | 56.6% |
| Ted Flores Elementary School PEARSALL | 503 | 83.5% | N/A |
| Martin Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 537 | 80.4% | 17.5% |
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 Villarreal Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #3,566 of 4,401 | #200 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,685 of 4,466 ▼ 194 | #210 of 317 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,780 of 4,466 ▼ 170 | #237 of 317 ▼ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,357 of 3,998 | #153 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #2,210 of 4,938 | #161 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #233 of 4,622 | #29 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.2% | #4,058 of 4,628 | #269 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #1,695 of 4,789 | #141 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #742 of 2,838 | #67 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
532
-86 (-14%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 789
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 532 | 46 | 11.6:1 | 83% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 49.5 | 12.8:1 | 73% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 51.2 | 12.0:1 | 83% (511) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 51 | 12.1:1 | 84% (522) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 52.5 | 13.6:1 | 81% (579) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 55 | 13.7:1 | 85% (641) |
| 2010-11 | 849 | 52 | 16.3:1 | 85% (725) |
| 2000-01 | 641 | 45 | 14.2:1 | 82% (528) |
| 1990-91 | 789 | 47 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Villarreal Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (713 to 532); teachers down 12% (52.5 to 46).
About Villarreal Elementary School
Villarreal Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 532 students.
NORTHSIDE ISD counts 100,208 students in its 127 schools, and Villarreal Elementary School is one of them.
At Villarreal Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 94% of the student body. The remaining students are 3% Black. Among people living in Bexar County, the Hispanic share is about 60%. By the diversity index, Villarreal Elementary School comes in at 11%.
Staffing totals 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 83%. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Villarreal Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Villarreal Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.1%; the prediction is 38.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Bexar County show that median household income is about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 638 public schools in Bexar County, with a combined enrollment of about 368,487.
IDEA Ingram Hills Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Villarreal Elementary School is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Villarreal Elementary School had 618 students in 2020-21 and 532 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease.
The Villarreal Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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 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
Other Villarreal Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Villarreal Elementary. Villarreal Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Villarreal Elementary SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 543 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Ingram Hills Academy0.4 mi · 588
- IDEA Ingram Hills College Preparatory0.4 mi · 543
- Esparza Elementary School0.9 mi · 462
- Ross Middle School1.0 mi · 828
- Bexar County Academy1.0 mi · 153
- Huppertz Elementary School1.1 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Villarreal Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Villarreal Elementary School?
Villarreal Elementary School enrolls approximately 532 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Villarreal Elementary School serve?
Villarreal Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Villarreal Elementary School have?
Villarreal Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Villarreal Elementary School?
Student demographics at Villarreal Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Villarreal Elementary School in?
Villarreal Elementary School is part of NORTHSIDE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.