WILSHIRE EL

WILSHIRE EL is an elementary-level community of minimally staffed scale in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, run under NORTH EAST ISD, enrolling 183 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 65% below the state mean of about 519.

Within NORTH EAST ISD, which oversees 75 schools and 56,420 students, WILSHIRE EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, WILSHIRE EL reports that 74% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 13% White, 10% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WILSHIRE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.0%, the actual is 41.2%, a residual of +7.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate median household income runs about $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 WILSHIRE EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ALTERNATIVE EL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILSHIRE EL at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. WILSHIRE EL's enrollment has fell 46% since 2018, when it stood at 339 (now 183). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 63% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 today.

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