Gillette Elementary School
Public elementary school in San Antonio, Texas · Harlandale ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Gillette Elementary School serves 527 students in grades Pre-K–5 in San Antonio (Bexar County). It is one of 19 schools in Harlandale ISD. By enrollment it is the 2258th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 15.5 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 34.03 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Harlandale ISD |
| County | Bexar County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 482247002258 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Harlandale ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 527 | 11,546 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 15.5 | 14.6 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 91.5% | 86.5% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 63% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Gillette Elementary School in context
Size
Of the 9 elementary schools in Harlandale ISD, Gillette Elementary School is the 7th largest, with 4.6% of the district's students. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 672; Gillette Elementary School is smaller than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 5 with 85 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 63, against an average of 75 per grade. This year grade 5 has 35% more students than kindergarten (85 against 63). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 83 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 99.4% here and 97.4% across Harlandale ISD.
91.5% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 86.5% across Harlandale ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 34.03 full-time-equivalent teachers for 527 students, Gillette Elementary School has 15.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 527 students would have about 35.6 teachers, so Gillette Elementary School has 1.6 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
Gillette Elementary School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other elementary school is Vestal Elementary School, 1.2 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 118 other elementary schools, 30 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99.4% |
| White | 0.4% |
| Black | 0.2% |
48.4% of students are girls and 51.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 83 |
| Kindergarten | 63 |
| Grade 1 | 69 |
| Grade 2 | 80 |
| Grade 3 | 73 |
| Grade 4 | 74 |
| Grade 5 | 85 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
625 Gillette Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78221
Phone: (210)989-3100
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Gillette Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vestal Elementary School | Harlandale ISD | 1.2 mi | 536 | 15.4 | 92% |
| Bellaire Elementary School | Harlandale ISD | 1.4 mi | 674 | 14.7 | 83.8% |
| Hutchins Elementary School | South San Antonio ISD | 1.5 mi | 441 | 17.1 | 90.5% |
| IDEA Ewing Halsell Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 1.6 mi | 704 | 24.2 | 77.7% |
| H W Schulze Elementary School | Harlandale ISD | 1.6 mi | 726 | 15.5 | 86.8% |
| Roy Benavidez Elementary School | South San Antonio ISD | 1.9 mi | 669 | 19.5 | 89.1% |
| Palo Alto Elementary School | South San Antonio ISD | 2.1 mi | 528 | 17.1 | 93.2% |
| IDEA South Flores Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 2.3 mi | 680 | 24 | 71.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Harlandale ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Leal Jr. Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 499 |
| Bellaire Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 674 |
| Collier Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 485 |
| E H Gilbert Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 633 |
| Frank M Tejeda Academy | High | 9–12 | 144 |
| H W Schulze Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 726 |
| Hac DAEP High School | High | 9–12 | 35 |
| Hac DAEP Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 16 |
| Harlandale High School | High | 9–12 | 1,652 |
| Harlandale ISD STEM Echs-Alamo Colleges at Pac | High | 9–12 | 393 |
| Harlandale Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 732 |
| Kingsborough Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 542 |
| McCollum High School | High | 9–12 | 1,502 |
| Stonewall/Flanders Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 691 |
| Terrell Wells Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 592 |
| V M Adams Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 732 |
| Vestal Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 536 |
| Wright Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 430 |