WANKE EL

WANKE EL is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD, with 590 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

WANKE EL is one of 128 schools operated by NORTHSIDE ISD, a district that works with 100,435 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WANKE EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 15% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WANKE EL has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, WANKE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.3%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of -13.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which WANKE EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ANNE FRANK INSPIRE ACADEMY, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WANKE EL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. WANKE EL's enrollment has fell 27% since 2018, when it stood at 803 (now 590). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 66% to 76%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the WANKE EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.