Margil Elementary School
Public elementary school in San Antonio, Texas · San Antonio ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Margil Elementary School serves 420 students in grades Pre-K–5 in San Antonio (Bexar County). It is one of 84 schools in San Antonio ISD. By enrollment it is the 3305th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 14.5 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 ÷ 28.87 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | San Antonio ISD |
| County | Bexar County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 483873004375 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | San Antonio ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 420 | 44,047 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 96.9% | 87.2% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 44% 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.
Margil Elementary School in context
Size
Margil Elementary School is the 31st largest of San Antonio ISD's 48 elementary schools; its 420 students are 1% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.1 miles away and have a median of 372 students, so Margil Elementary School is close to their typical size.
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 2 with 69 students, and its smallest is grade 5 with 44, against an average of 60 per grade. This year grade 5 has 25% fewer students than kindergarten (44 against 59). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 68 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 89.3% of enrollment, about the same share as across San Antonio ISD (89.8%). Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
96.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 87.2% across San Antonio 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
Margil Elementary School has 28.87 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 420 students would have about 28.4 teachers, so Margil Elementary School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other elementary school is David Crockett Academy, 0.7 miles away in the same district. There are 69 elementary schools within 5 miles and 185 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 89.3% |
| Black | 6.4% |
| White | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |
48.3% of students are girls and 51.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 68 |
| Kindergarten | 59 |
| Grade 1 | 61 |
| Grade 2 | 69 |
| Grade 3 | 60 |
| Grade 4 | 59 |
| Grade 5 | 44 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1000 Perez St, San Antonio, TX 78207
Phone: (210)738-9805
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Margil Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Crockett Academy | San Antonio ISD | 0.7 mi | 717 | 14.8 | 96.4% |
| De Zavala Elementary School | San Antonio ISD | 1.0 mi | 388 | 14.1 | 97.9% |
| Irving Dual Language Academy | San Antonio ISD | 1.0 mi | 557 | 15.2 | 88.5% |
| J T Brackenridge Elementary School | San Antonio ISD | 1.0 mi | 597 | 16 | 98.5% |
| Beacon Hill Primary School | San Antonio ISD | 1.2 mi | 267 | 18 | 88.4% |
| David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary School | San Antonio ISD | 1.3 mi | 355 | 15 | 96.9% |
| Driscoll Madison Square Child Development Center | Driscoll ISD | 1.3 mi | 55 | – | – |
| Ogden Elementary School | San Antonio ISD | 1.4 mi | 335 | 16 | 94.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.