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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at WORTHAM OAKS EL this year?
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Enrollment
776
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUDSON ISD·NCES 482499013564
Wortham Oaks Elementary School
5710 CARRIAGE CAPE, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78261 · (210) 945-5750 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL776 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
17.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
333 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 77 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 288% larger than its 6th grade class (33).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
72.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
67.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 43.0% | 29.0% | 16.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 33.0% | 18.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 72.0% | 67.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 64.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Wortham Oaks Elementary School
Wortham Oaks Elementary School's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wortham Oaks Elementary School this school | 776 | 42.9% | 60.5% |
| Barbara Cockrell Elementary School PEARLAND | 741 | 43.2% | 66.7% |
| Highland Park Elementary School PFLUGERVILLE | 706 | 43.3% | 56.5% |
| Garden Oaks Montessori HOUSTON | 763 | 42.7% | 40.7% |
| Bagdad Elementary School LEANDER | 701 | 45.5% | 29.8% |
| Veterans Hill Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 708 | 43.4% | 45.6% |
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 Wortham Oaks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #740 of 4,401 | #36 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #542 of 4,466 ▲ 329 | #20 of 317 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #616 of 4,466 ▲ 75 | #26 of 317 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #638 of 3,998 | #54 of 282 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 776 | #535 of 4,938 | #33 of 346 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #4,111 of 4,622 | #266 of 314 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #1,192 of 4,628 | #39 of 314 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #3,844 of 4,789 | #266 of 327 |
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
776
+275 (+55%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 776 | 44.1 | 17.6:1 | 43% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 723 | 45 | 16.1:1 | 41% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 804 | 48 | 16.8:1 | 51% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 44% (221) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wortham Oaks Elementary School.
About Wortham Oaks Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Wortham Oaks Elementary School is part of JUDSON ISD. Enrollment is 776 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 6. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 50% larger than average.
Enrollment across the 36 schools in JUDSON ISD totals 23,539 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Wortham Oaks Elementary School, with 56% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 21% White, 10% Black, 8% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That is close to the 60% Hispanic share among all Bexar County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.6:1. That is higher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 43%. That is 20 points below the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County.
Wortham Oaks Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 73% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Wortham Oaks Elementary School's results are 5.1 points above predicted: 60.5% against 55.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bexar County show that the median household income is $72,341, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 638 public schools in Bexar County, enrolling about 368,487 students in all.
The shortest distance from Wortham Oaks Elementary School to another public school is about 2.7 miles, to Hill Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Wortham Oaks Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Wortham Oaks Elementary School reported 501 students in 2020-21 and 776 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.7:1 in 2020-21 to 17.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 JUDSON ISD
- Judson High SchoolHigh · 2,498 students
- Karen Wagner High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,579 students
- Judson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,189 students
- Kitty Hawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Henry Metzger Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 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
- Hill Middle School2.7 mi · 1,057
- Bulverde Creek2.8 mi · 916
- Cibolo Green3.2 mi · 735
- Veterans Memorial High School3.4 mi · 1,579
- Harris Middle School3.5 mi · 903
- Steubing Ranch Elementary School3.7 mi · 856
Frequently asked questions
About Wortham Oaks Elementary SchoolHow large is Wortham Oaks Elementary School?
Wortham Oaks Elementary School enrolls approximately 776 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Wortham Oaks Elementary School serve?
Wortham Oaks Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Wortham Oaks Elementary School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Wortham Oaks Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wortham Oaks Elementary School?
At Wortham Oaks Elementary School, the student body is approximately 21% White, 56% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Wortham Oaks Elementary School?
Wortham Oaks Elementary School is overseen by JUDSON ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.