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Garden Ridge Elem

Comal County · Region 20: San Antonio · 459 students

Current score
92/1002025-26
Change
±0 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+2.1 ptsvs 89.9 average · 747 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
250 of 747tied with 79 others
A92

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is flat; under the rules in force back then it scored 95 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 89.9 average for 747 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
70%vs 67% avg · +3 pts
Masters
39%vs 35.6% avg · +3.4 pts

Among 734 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Science above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
71%vs 67.3% avg · +3.7 pts
Masters
51%vs 40.8% avg · +10.2 pts

Among 685 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

Overall score above the similar-context average

92 +2.1 pts vs 89.9

  • 92 is 2.1 points above the 89.9 average among 747 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

Garden Ridge Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 92 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 89.9 average for 747 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2021-22.

Ranks 250th of 747 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 79 others).

Put the numbers in context

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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 school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageGarden Ridge Elem 9287919192 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 A with 95 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
2025-26A9289.9 747 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9190.2 741 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9189.1 724 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8789.5 706 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9290.4 691 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 Achievement92 A+1.1 vs similar economic context · 736 reporting
  • School Progress86 B−0.1 vs similar economic context · 734 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps91 A+3.6 vs similar economic context · 731 reporting
  • Academic Growth86 B+2.0 vs similar economic context · 727 reporting
  • Relative Performance80 B+0.9 vs similar economic context · 734 reporting
  • Garden Ridge Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (747 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement92A—
School Progress86B4
Closing the Gaps91A—
Academic Growth86B4
Relative Performance80B10

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 Student Achievement (92), so School Progress (86) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 92.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level90%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 736 reporting
  • Meets grade level71%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 736 reporting
  • Masters grade level41%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 736 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level92%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 736 reporting
  • Meets grade level72%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 736 reporting
  • Masters grade level40%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 736 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 734 reporting
  • Meets grade level70%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 734 reporting
  • Masters grade level39%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 734 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level90%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 685 reporting
  • Meets grade level71%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 685 reporting
  • Masters grade level51%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 685 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (747 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
459
Economically disadvantaged
18.1%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
0.7%−9.9 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
20.5%+3.9 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.7%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
8.3%+0.4 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Garden Ridge Elem

African American: 3.7%Hispanic: 30.3%White: 56.3%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 2.4%Two or More Races: 7%
  • African American 3.7%
  • Hispanic 30.3%
  • White 56.3%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 2.4%
  • Two or More Races 7%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 747 reporting for every category shown · 747 in full cohort

African American: 7.3%Hispanic: 23%White: 48.4%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 15.4%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.5%
  • African American 7.3%
  • Hispanic 23%
  • White 48.4%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 15.4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.5%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
458
Economically disadvantaged students
83
Emergent bilingual students
3
Special education students
94

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
19
Students in TEA mobility denominator
412
TEA-published mobility rate
4.6%

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 459 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 16 (3.4%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
459

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−16

Decrease · −3.4%

Change since 2021–22
−376

Decrease · −45.0%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
459
Selected comparison
867.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 742 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Garden Ridge Elem
School yearStudents enrolledGarden Ridge ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 835 First available year 887.1
2022–23 828 Decrease of 7 (0.8%) 900.4
2023–24 486 Decrease of 342 (41.3%) 889.1
2024–25 475 Decrease of 11 (2.3%) 876.9
2025–26 459 Decrease of 16 (3.4%) 867.8

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
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Suppressed

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
488

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Garden Ridge Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 887 Suppressed — 11 1.24 — 7.9
2021–22 890 20 2.3% 28 3.15 6.6% 12.4
2022–23 870 Suppressed — 10 1.15 — 12.6
2023–24 495 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 488 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Garden Ridge Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
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.

$6k$13k$21k20182020202220242025
  • Garden Ridge Elem
  • Parent district: Comal ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$12,389
Selected comparison
$10,990

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 740 rated schools reporting

+$1,399 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $12,389 per student for this campus, $20,119 per student for its parent district, Comal 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
YearGarden Ridge ElemParent district: Comal ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,975$14,916$13,054$7,359 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 645 rated schools reporting
2019$6,360$14,099$13,108$7,444 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 661 rated schools reporting
2020$7,645$16,438$14,058$7,738 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 673 rated schools reporting
2021$7,747$14,988$14,797$8,291 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 680 rated schools reporting
2022$8,043$14,178$15,708$9,500 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 691 rated schools reporting
2023$9,011$18,425$16,792$9,955 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 707 rated schools reporting
2024$15,070$18,904$18,125$10,820 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 724 rated schools reporting
2025$12,389$20,119$18,972$10,990 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 740 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
$64,850−$4,251 vs similar economic context
Teachers
33−23.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.1−0.8 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Garden Ridge Elem

Beginning: 3.1%1 to 5 years: 23.1%6 to 10 years: 21.5%11 to 20 years: 33.8%21 to 30 years: 18.5%
  • Beginning 3.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 21.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 33.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 18.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 747 reporting for every category shown · 747 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.4%1 to 5 years: 22.9%6 to 10 years: 19.9%11 to 20 years: 32.6%21 to 30 years: 17.2%Over 30 years: 2.8%
  • Beginning 4.4%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 32.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.2%
  • Over 30 years 2.8%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Garden Ridge Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classGarden Ridge Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten18.318.9
Grade 119.719.2
Grade 218.419.7
Grade 317.921.4
Grade 418.820.5
Grade 517.522

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 school ranks best

Out of 105 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

6 measures

  • 7of 52

    Math — Masters

    Comal County · of the 52 that report this measure

  • 8of 51

    Per-student spending

    Comal County · of the 51 that report this measure

  • 9of 52

    Reading — Approaches

    Comal County · of the 52 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 9of 52

    Math — Meets

    Comal County · of the 52 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 50

    Science — Masters

    Comal County · of the 50 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 9of 50

    Attendance

    Comal County · of the 50 that report this measure · tied with 1

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

1 measure

  • 32of 613

    All Subjects — Masters

    Region 20: San Antonio · of the 613 that report this measure · tied with 8

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

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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