W M PEARCE PRI

W M PEARCE PRI is one of the average-sized primary schools in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, part of SOUTHSIDE ISD, with 529 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5.

SOUTHSIDE ISD comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,091 students; W M PEARCE PRI is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, W M PEARCE PRI reports that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 7% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting W M PEARCE PRI higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 84% of students at W M PEARCE PRI qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, W M PEARCE PRI tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Bexar County put median household earnings sit near $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%. W M PEARCE PRI is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

Nearest neighbor: SOUTHSIDE H S, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, W M PEARCE PRI comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. W M PEARCE PRI's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 529 (now 529). Class-load math has grew: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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