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Fernandez Elem

Bexar County · Region 20: San Antonio · 395 students

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Current score
75/1002025-26
Change
−13 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−4.7 ptsvs 79.7 average · 2,007 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,363 of 2,007tied with 62 others
C75

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 83 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 79.7 average for 2,007 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

76 +2.2 pts vs 73.8

  • 76 is 2.2 points above the 73.8 average among 1,831 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Fernandez Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 75 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 79.7 average for 2,007 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 13 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,363rd of 2,007 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 62 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageFernandez Elem 8880838175 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 83 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26C7579.7 2,007 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8179.4 1,984 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8377.5 1,970 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8078.1 1,938 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8882.1 1,917 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement67 D−10.4 vs similar economic context · 1,897 reporting
  • School Progress76 C−4.6 vs similar economic context · 1,890 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps72 C−4.9 vs similar economic context · 1,873 reporting
  • Academic Growth76 C+2.2 vs similar economic context · 1,831 reporting
  • Relative Performance65 D−14.0 vs similar economic context · 1,890 reporting
  • Fernandez Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,007 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement67D3
School Progress76C4
Closing the Gaps72C8
Academic Growth76C4
Relative Performance65D5

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 4 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (76), so Student Achievement (67) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 76.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level67%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
  • Meets grade level38%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level77%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,894 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,894 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,894 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level62%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,886 reporting
  • Meets grade level34%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,886 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,886 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level52%−22 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,737 reporting
  • Meets grade level21%−24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,737 reporting
  • Masters grade level4%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,737 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,007 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
395
Economically disadvantaged
65.8%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
8.9%−9.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
24.3%+5.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.5%+0.4 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
18.1%+1.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Fernandez Elem

African American: 6.3%Hispanic: 69.6%White: 15.4%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 4.1%Pacific Islander: 0.5%Two or More Races: 3.8%
  • African American 6.3%
  • Hispanic 69.6%
  • White 15.4%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 4.1%
  • Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Two or More Races 3.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,007 reporting for every category shown · 2,007 in full cohort

African American: 11.5%Hispanic: 52.6%White: 29.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.7%
  • African American 11.5%
  • Hispanic 52.6%
  • White 29.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
395
Economically disadvantaged students
260
Emergent bilingual students
35
Special education students
96

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
47
Students in TEA mobility denominator
348
TEA-published mobility rate
13.5%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 395 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 21 (5.0%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
395

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−21

Decrease · −5.0%

Change since 2021–22
−108

Decrease · −21.5%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
395
Selected comparison
626.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,972 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Fernandez Elem
School yearStudents enrolledFernandez ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 503 First available year 642.5
2022–23 498 Decrease of 5 (1.0%) 647.9
2023–24 454 Decrease of 44 (8.8%) 646.3
2024–25 416 Decrease of 38 (8.4%) 642.6
2025–26 395 Decrease of 21 (5.0%) 626.8

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
20

4.5% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
45

10.20 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
441

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
4.5%
Selected comparison
12.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,552 rated schools reporting

−8.4 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
10.2
Selected comparison
30.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,658 rated schools reporting

−20.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Fernandez Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 575 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 558 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 533 19 3.6% 22 4.13 13.4% 32.3
2023–24 473 14 3.0% 61 12.90 13.2% 31.9
2024–25 441 20 4.5% 45 10.20 12.9% 30.4
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Fernandez Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 20 4.5% 45 10.20 12.9% 30.4
In-school suspensions 20 4.5% 44 9.98 11.5% 23
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$7k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Fernandez Elem
  • Parent district: Northside ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$14,310
Selected comparison
$12,732

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,982 rated schools reporting

+$1,578 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $14,310 per student for this campus, $17,197 per student for its parent district, Northside ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearFernandez ElemParent district: Northside ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,134$12,117$13,054$7,967 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,847 rated schools reporting
2019$7,847$12,287$13,108$8,119 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,862 rated schools reporting
2020$8,243$13,205$14,058$8,705 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,881 rated schools reporting
2021$9,074$14,126$14,797$9,168 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,895 rated schools reporting
2022$13,381$14,599$15,708$10,482 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,916 rated schools reporting
2023$13,953$15,840$16,792$11,211 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,939 rated schools reporting
2024$13,075$17,624$18,125$12,092 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,967 rated schools reporting
2025$14,310$17,197$18,972$12,732 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,982 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$69,229+$2,791 vs similar economic context
Teachers
32−10.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
12.3−1.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Fernandez Elem

Beginning: 12.5%1 to 5 years: 9.4%6 to 10 years: 23.4%11 to 20 years: 34.4%21 to 30 years: 20.3%
  • Beginning 12.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 9.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 23.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 34.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 20.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,007 reporting for every category shown · 2,007 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.3%1 to 5 years: 26.4%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 27.9%21 to 30 years: 15.8%Over 30 years: 4%
  • Beginning 6.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.8%
  • Over 30 years 4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Fernandez Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classFernandez Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten15.518
Grade 11818.3
Grade 220.318.4
Grade 318.518.7
Grade 42219
Grade 519.319.9

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 015915151.