WERNLI EL

WERNLI EL, a mid-sized elementary campus in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, one of the schools within NORTHSIDE ISD, teaches 737 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 42% larger than typical.

NORTHSIDE ISD runs 128 schools in total, collectively educating 100,435 students. WERNLI EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, WERNLI EL logs that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 16% Black, 15% White, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Bexar County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 35% of students at WERNLI EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, WERNLI EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.5%; this one delivers 55.5%.

Around the school, census data for Bexar County shows 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%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), WERNLI EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BERNAL MIDDLE, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WERNLI EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.