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Enrollment
595
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN ANTONIO ISD·NCES 483873004411
Woodlawn Academy
1717 W MAGNOLIA AVE, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78201 · (210) 438-6560 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL595 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
509 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 27 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 38% smaller than its 8th grade class (66).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 17.0% | 27.0% | 48.0% |
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 | 37.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Woodlawn Academy
Woodlawn Academy's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn Academy this school | 595 | 85.5% | 26.2% |
| Hueco Elementary School EL PASO | 573 | 85.5% | 41.8% |
| Houston Gateway Academy HOUSTON | 613 | 85.6% | 59.6% |
| Galena Park Elementary School GALENA PARK | 588 | 85.9% | 48.6% |
| Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College Prep HOUSTON | 583 | 84.9% | 56.6% |
| Dr Fermin Calderon Elementary School DEL RIO | 623 | 84.9% | 32.8% |
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 Woodlawn Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #3,979 of 4,401 | #244 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,222 of 4,466 ▲ 112 | #279 of 317 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,943 of 4,466 ▲ 101 | #257 of 317 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,369 of 3,998 | #156 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 595 | #1,651 of 4,938 | #121 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,695 of 4,622 | #123 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.6% | #4,077 of 4,628 | #270 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #1,523 of 4,789 | #127 of 327 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #1,935 of 2,838 | #146 of 192 |
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
595
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 595 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 86% (509) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 35.9 | 14.9:1 | 87% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 37.8 | 13.4:1 | 84% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 597 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 84% (500) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 48.4 | 13.9:1 | 87% (583) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 87% (570) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 38% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 26% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 664 | 34 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodlawn Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (670 to 595); teachers down 13% (48.4 to 42).
About Woodlawn Academy
Woodlawn Academy is an elementary school located in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, in Bexar County. Its enrollment is 595 students, spread over pre-K through 8.
Woodlawn Academy is in SAN ANTONIO ISD, a district with 47,623 students across 100 schools.
Hispanic students account for 94% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 4% White. Among all residents of Bexar County, the Hispanic share is about 60%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
Woodlawn Academy has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.2:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 86%. The rate at public schools in Bexar County averages 63%, lower than here.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Woodlawn Academy outscored 8%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Woodlawn Academy's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.2% is 11.0 points below the 37.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Bexar County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $72,341 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Woodlawn Academy, Bexar County has 638 public schools.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Young Women's Leadership Academy, is the closest to Woodlawn Academy. Woodlawn Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Woodlawn Academy comes in 7th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Woodlawn Academy has an NCES locale of City: Large. Woodlawn Academy holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
In 2020-21, Woodlawn Academy enrolled 597; in 2024-25, 595.
The Woodlawn Academy discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO ISD
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,706 students
- Lanier High SchoolHigh · 1,620 students
- Brackenridge High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Highlands High SchoolHigh · 1,478 students
- Burbank High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Edison High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- Young Women's Leadership Academy0.6 mi · 534
- Nelson Early Childhood Campus0.7 mi · 162
- Beacon Hill Primary School0.8 mi · 267
- Triumph Public High Schools-San Antonio0.9 mi · 62
- Jefferson High School1.0 mi · 1,706
- Agnes Cotton Academy1.1 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Woodlawn AcademyHow large is Woodlawn Academy?
Woodlawn Academy enrolls approximately 595 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Woodlawn Academy serve?
Woodlawn Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Woodlawn Academy?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Woodlawn Academy.
How diverse is Woodlawn Academy?
Woodlawn Academy reports a student body of 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Woodlawn Academy in?
Woodlawn Academy is part of SAN ANTONIO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.