📍 1725 Palo Alto Rd, San Antonio, Bexar County, 78211
Palo Alto el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Antonio, Bexar County. The school has 429 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Millicent Marcha. It is part of the South San Antonio Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Palo Alto el enrolls 429 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% White and 1.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 411 | 96% |
| White | 10 | 2.3% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
408 of the school's 429 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 408 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Palo Alto el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 19, state house district 117.
Palo Alto el is one of 18 schools in SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD, based in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The district serves 7,468 students district-wide and employs 508 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 429 students, Palo Alto el is close to the district average of about 415 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large