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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 612 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD·NCES 483948008223
Watts Elementary School
100 DEER MEADOW, CIBOLO, TX 78108 · (210) 619-4400 · Guadalupe County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
232 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 56 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 24% smaller than its 4th grade class (100).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -10.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -3.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 10 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 36.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Watts Elementary School
Watts Elementary School's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watts Elementary School this school | 500 | 46.4% | 36.7% |
| Richardson Heights Elementary School RICHARDSON | 501 | 49.9% | 48.7% |
| Daggett Montessori FT WORTH | 546 | 46.0% | 46.8% |
| Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School VICTORIA | 459 | 46.0% | 56.0% |
| Harry Herndon Elementary School ROYSE CITY | 550 | 47.5% | 40.0% |
| Buda Elementary School BUDA | 564 | 42.2% | 46.6% |
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 Watts Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Guadalupe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #2,988 of 4,401 | #17 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,275 of 4,466 ▲ 418 | #18 of 22 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,562 of 4,466 ▲ 81 | #12 of 22 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.5pp | #309 of 3,998 | #3 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #2,554 of 4,938 | #15 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #922 of 4,622 | #3 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #1,222 of 4,628 | #7 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.4% | #3,728 of 4,789 | #14 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #1,316 of 2,838 | #5 of 13 |
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
500
-122 (-20%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 493
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 500 | 38 | 13.2:1 | 46% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 39.7 | 12.9:1 | 51% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 39.5 | 15.0:1 | 45% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 39 | 15.9:1 | 39% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 612 | 37.6 | 16.3:1 | 32% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 36% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 25% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 493 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 21% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Watts Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (612 to 500); teachers up 1% (37.6 to 38).
About Watts Elementary School
Watts Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in CIBOLO, Texas. It reports enrollment of 500 students in pre-K through 4.
Watts Elementary School is among 16 schools run by SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD, which serves 14,947 students.
At Watts Elementary School, 52% of students are Hispanic. It is also 32% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Guadalupe County is roughly 39% Hispanic. The diversity index for Watts Elementary School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 13.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Watts Elementary School, which has 38. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 1.9 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Watts Elementary School is about 46%. The figure for public schools in Guadalupe County is close, at 45%.
Watts Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.7%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas are predicted to post 53.9%, so the school is 17.2 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
American Community Survey estimates for Guadalupe County show that median household income comes to about $92,375, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Guadalupe County counts 49 public schools with about 30,977 students.
Watts Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Barbara Jordan Intermediate School, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 48.3% on proficiency, and Watts Elementary School is below that at 36.7%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment fell 20% over 4 years, reaching 500 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.9:1 to 13.2:1 over the same years.
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Guadalupe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,642
Census ACS
Median income
$92,375
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
30,977 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD
- Byron P Steele II High SchoolHigh · 2,793 students
- Samuel Clemens High SchoolHigh · 2,589 students
- Dobie Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,231 students
- Ray D Corbett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- Rose Garden Elementary SchoolElementary · 861 students
- Barbara Jordan Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 811 students
Other schools in CIBOLO
- Byron P Steele II High SchoolHigh · 2,793 students
- Dobie Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,231 students
- Legacy Traditional School - CiboloElementary · 917 students
- Barbara Jordan Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Elaine S Schlather Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 724 students
- Cibolo Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
Other Watts Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Watts Elementary. Watts Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Watts Elementary SchoolWatts, OK · 130 students
Nearby schools
- Barbara Jordan Intermediate School0.4 mi · 811
- Dobie Junior High School0.7 mi · 1,231
- Green Valley Elementary School1.0 mi · 503
- Legacy Traditional School - Cibolo1.0 mi · 917
- Samuel Clemens High School1.0 mi · 2,589
- Wiederstein Elementary School1.1 mi · 564
Frequently asked questions
About Watts Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Watts Elementary School?
Watts Elementary School enrolls approximately 500 students in grades PK-04.
Is Watts Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Watts Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Watts Elementary School have?
Watts Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Watts Elementary School?
Student demographics at Watts Elementary School are roughly 32% White, 52% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Watts Elementary School?
Watts Elementary School is overseen by SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD in Guadalupe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.