Vestal Elementary School
Public elementary school in San Antonio, Texas · Harlandale ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Vestal Elementary School serves 536 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 2167th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 15.4 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 ÷ 34.82 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 | 482247002271 |
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 | 536 | 11,546 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 15.4 | 14.6 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 92% | 86.5% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 61% 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.
Vestal Elementary School in context
Size
Vestal Elementary School is the 6th largest of Harlandale ISD's 9 elementary schools; its 536 students are 4.6% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.3 miles away and have a median of 672 students, so Vestal 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 1 with 85 students, and its smallest is grade 3 with 65, against an average of 77 per grade. This year grade 5 has 16% fewer students than kindergarten (70 against 83). 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
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 96.6% of enrollment, about the same share as across Harlandale ISD (97.4%). Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
92% of students qualify 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
Vestal Elementary School has 34.82 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 536 students would have about 36.2 teachers, so Vestal Elementary School has 1.4 fewer.
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 Hutchins Elementary School, 1 miles away in South San Antonio ISD. There are 40 elementary schools within 5 miles and 132 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 96.6% |
| White | 3% |
| Black | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |
49.1% of students are girls and 50.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 83 |
| Kindergarten | 83 |
| Grade 1 | 85 |
| Grade 2 | 83 |
| Grade 3 | 65 |
| Grade 4 | 67 |
| Grade 5 | 70 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1102 Cantrell Dr., San Antonio, TX 78221
Phone: (210)989-3350
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Vestal Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchins Elementary School | South San Antonio ISD | 1.0 mi | 441 | 17.1 | 90.5% |
| IDEA Ewing Halsell Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 1.1 mi | 704 | 24.2 | 77.7% |
| Gillette Elementary School | Harlandale ISD | 1.2 mi | 527 | 15.5 | 91.5% |
| Bellaire Elementary School | Harlandale ISD | 1.2 mi | 674 | 14.7 | 83.8% |
| Collier Elementary School | Harlandale ISD | 1.3 mi | 485 | 14.1 | 94% |
| Stonewall/Flanders Elementary School | Harlandale ISD | 1.7 mi | 691 | 16.2 | 90.7% |
| Roy Benavidez Elementary School | South San Antonio ISD | 1.7 mi | 669 | 19.5 | 89.1% |
| V M Adams Elementary School | Harlandale ISD | 1.9 mi | 732 | 15.3 | 91.7% |
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 |
| Gillette Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 527 |
| 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 |
| Wright Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 430 |