Wilshire Elementary

Summary:

Wilshire Elementary is a public elementary school located in San Antonio, Texas, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 265. The school is part of the North East Independent School District (NEISD), which is ranked 421 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Wilshire Elementary faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance, particularly for its underperforming student subgroups and economically disadvantaged population. The school consistently ranks in the bottom half of Texas elementary schools, with a ranking between 2,160 and 3,954 out of 4,675 schools over the past 10 years. Its performance on STAAR assessments is significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with only 25% of 3rd-grade students proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to 54.39% in the district and 48.85% statewide. The school's performance is particularly low for African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner (ELL) students, and 86.79% of its students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage.

When compared to nearby schools, Wilshire Elementary's academic performance lags significantly behind its peers. For example, Cambridge Elementary, part of the highly-ranked Alamo Heights Independent School District, consistently outperforms Wilshire on STAAR assessments, with 70.34% of 3rd-grade students proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to just 25% at Wilshire. Similarly, Northwood Elementary, located just 1.56 miles from Wilshire, ranks 824 out of 4,675 Texas elementary schools, compared to Wilshire's ranking of 3,141. These comparisons highlight the significant academic challenges faced by Wilshire Elementary and the need for targeted interventions and support to address the unique needs of its student population.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 6523 Cascade
       San Antonio, TX  78218-4210


(210) 407-9400

District: North East Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
3141st of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,057 Help


Students who attend Wilshire Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Garner Middle
High:    MacArthur High School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.1 Help
Number of students:  265

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
66.8%
African American:
13.2%
White:
10.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  86.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Wilshire Elementary ranks worse than 67.2% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 32nd among 45 ranked elementary schools in the North East Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 34.67. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (66.8%), African American (13.2%), White (10.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 86.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Wilshire Elementary is 10.1, which is the 4th best among 45 elementary schools in the North East Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Wilshire Elementary is $15,057, which is the 2nd highest among 45 elementary schools in the North East Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger Rankings:

Wilshire Elementary was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.

North East Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks North East Independent School District (Isd) 421st of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Wilshire Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Wilshire Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 63.05 1332nd 3465 61.6%
2005 65.49 1236th 3475 64.4%
2006 51.89 1957th 3476 43.7%
2007 46.53 2386th 3724 35.9%
2008 55.40 1916th 3768 49.2%
2009 52.84 2093rd 3884 46.1%
2010 40.87 2786th 3937 29.2%
2011 54.16 2185th 4095 46.6%
2012 37.05 3042nd 4206 27.7%
2013 41.26 2805th 4221 33.5%
2014 52.91 2160th 4260 49.3%
2015 42.17 2739th 4320 36.6%
2016 34.88 3068th 4286 28.4%
2017 21.33 3708th 4329 14.3%
2018 28.07 3308th 4359 24.1%
2019 32.94 3155th 4479 29.6%
2021 41.82 2454th 4578 46.4%
2022 37.90 2868th 4581 37.4%
2023 20.83 3954th 4647 14.9%
2024 34.67 3141st 4675 32.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Wilshire Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.28 2502nd 3226 22.4%
2019 37.70 2233rd 3333 33.0%
2021 81.57 307th 3446 91.1%
2022 72.02 625th 3487 82.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Wilshire Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.23 270th 3558 92.4%
2019 22.13 3338th 3684 9.4%
2021 36.83 2266th 3799 40.4%
2022 48.23 1685th 3952 57.4%
2023 30.05 3123rd 4086 23.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Wilshire Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.47 3210th 4264 24.7%
2019 42.47 2608th 4309 39.5%
2021 47.98 2178th 4451 51.1%
2022 44.08 2541st 4477 43.2%
2023 23.95 3886th 4521 14.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Wilshire Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.35 3171st 4306 26.4%
2019 28.13 3436th 4348 21.0%
2021 39.05 2630th 4499 41.5%
2022 36.16 3029th 4561 33.6%
2023 24.75 3753rd 4588 18.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Wilshire Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 38.05 2130th 3006 29.1%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Wilshire Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.12 3168th 4240 25.3%
2019 24.97 3706th 4295 13.7%
2021 40.27 2542nd 4331 41.3%
2022 33.19 3296th 4461 26.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Wilshire Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.02 3309th 4319 23.4%
2019 41.21 2581st 4357 40.8%
2021 44.61 2287th 4498 49.2%
2022 40.25 2726th 4563 40.3%
2023 21.71 3912th 4585 14.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Wilshire Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.34 2098th 2483 15.5%
2019 70.02 488th 2515 80.6%
2021 49.22 1080th 2444 55.8%
2022 31.31 1827th 2421 24.5%
2023 25.10 2058th 2443 15.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Wilshire Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.91 2524th 4168 39.4%
2019 32.57 3129th 4188 25.3%
2021 47.82 2072nd 4329 52.1%
2022 43.44 2545th 4376 41.8%
2023 22.77 3812th 4401 13.4%
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Rank History for White students at Wilshire Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.15 2441st 3127 21.9%
2019 30.29 2432nd 3142 22.6%
2021 13.41 2895th 3082 6.1%
2022 37.99 2117th 3082 31.3%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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Reviews:
by a parent
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Open Quote This school has some really amazing teachers, unfortunately its administrations is abysmal. The principle has no interest in the children's well being or their academic growth or success. They love the fact that they get extra funding because they have lot of military children attending but don't actually value them. I hate that my children are forced to finish the year here, but grateful to the few teachers who are striving for better. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Wilshire Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 278 98 8 153 n/a n/a n/a 0 537
1989 314 89 12 169 0 n/a n/a 0 584
1990 335 113 13 194 0 n/a n/a 0 655
1991 282 108 15 184 1 n/a n/a 0 590
1992 305 121 13 173 1 n/a n/a 0 613
1993 307 139 11 186 1 n/a n/a 0 644
1994 258 149 12 151 2 n/a n/a 0 572
1995 191 80 9 126 0 n/a n/a 0 406
1996 191 80 9 126 0 n/a n/a 0 406
1997 165 75 10 125 0 n/a n/a 0 375
1998 152 85 9 184 1 n/a n/a 0 431
1999 172 97 5 191 1 n/a n/a 0 466
2000 139 73 6 208 1 n/a n/a 0 427
2001 114 99 7 213 1 n/a n/a 0 434
2002 85 96 9 239 1 n/a n/a 0 430
2003 85 96 9 239 1 n/a n/a 0 430
2004 83 108 8 225 3 n/a n/a 0 427
2005 88 96 13 249 0 n/a n/a 0 446
2006 79 70 10 234 0 n/a n/a 0 393
2007 68 64 8 234 0 n/a n/a 0 374
2008 69 58 4 232 3 n/a n/a 0 366
2009 63 44 7 211 5 n/a n/a 0 330
2010 61 56 7 235 4 n/a n/a 0 363
2011 57 34 6 243 2 2 10 0 354
2012 68 39 6 243 4 0 10 0 370
2013 64 50 9 274 1 1 10 0 409
2014 56 59 3 262 0 0 15 0 395
2015 59 38 3 210 0 0 12 0 322
2016 67 52 4 216 0 1 13 0 353
2017 61 63 5 227 0 0 14 0 370
2018 50 63 6 214 0 0 6 0 339
2019 51 51 5 193 0 0 12 0 312
2020 53 48 4 214 0 0 4 0 323
2021 44 32 3 182 0 0 17 0 278
2022 37 34 3 154 2 0 18 0 248
2023 29 35 5 177 1 5 13 0 265

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Wilshire Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 537 28.0 19.1 n/a
1989 584 n/a n/a n/a
1990 655 38.0 17.2 n/a
1991 590 38.0 15.5 n/a
1992 613 40.4 15.1 49.1
1993 644 41.0 15.7 69.9
1994 572 41.7 13.7 45.1
1995 406 34.8 11.7 41.1
1996 406 34.8 11.7 41.1
1997 375 34.8 10.8 49.3
1998 431 37.3 11.6 53.1
1999 466 36.9 12.6 76
2000 427 34.2 12.5 72.4
2001 434 37.8 11.5 74.2
2002 430 36.6 11.7 72.6
2003 430 36.6 11.7 72.6
2004 427 37.8 11.3 71.9
2005 446 35.1 12.7 80.5
2006 393 33.4 11.8 81.9
2007 374 31.9 11.7 77
2008 366 30.5 12.0 77.6
2009 330 29.5 11.2 76.7
2010 363 28.4 12.7 82.4
2011 354 28.6 12.3 78.2
2012 370 27.9 13.2 81.6
2013 409 31.0 13.1 80.9
2014 395 30.7 12.8 80.3
2015 322 30.0 10.7 79.5
2016 353 30.0 11.7 82.4
2017 370 30.6 12.0 83.2
2018 339 29.4 11.5 87.6
2019 312 24.5 12.7 88.1
2020 323 29.0 11.1 86.7
2021 278 27.0 10.2 91
2022 248 22.4 11.0 91.1
2023 265 26.2 10.1 86.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Wilshire Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 537 28.0 19.1 n/a
1989 584 n/a n/a n/a
1990 655 38.0 17.2 n/a
1991 590 38.0 15.5 n/a
1992 613 40.4 15.1 49.1
1993 644 41.0 15.7 69.9
1994 572 41.7 13.7 45.1
1995 406 34.8 11.7 41.1
1996 406 34.8 11.7 41.1
1997 375 34.8 10.8 49.3
1998 431 37.3 11.6 53.1
1999 466 36.9 12.6 76
2000 427 34.2 12.5 72.4
2001 434 37.8 11.5 74.2
2002 430 36.6 11.7 72.6
2003 430 36.6 11.7 72.6
2004 427 37.8 11.3 71.9
2005 446 35.1 12.7 80.5
2006 393 33.4 11.8 81.9
2007 374 31.9 11.7 77
2008 366 30.5 12.0 77.6
2009 330 29.5 11.2 76.7
2010 363 28.4 12.7 82.4
2011 354 28.6 12.3 78.2
2012 370 27.9 13.2 81.6
2013 409 31.0 13.1 80.9
2014 395 30.7 12.8 80.3
2015 322 30.0 10.7 79.5
2016 353 30.0 11.7 82.4
2017 370 30.6 12.0 83.2
2018 339 29.4 11.5 87.6
2019 312 24.5 12.7 88.1
2020 323 29.0 11.1 86.7
2021 278 27.0 10.2 91
2022 248 22.4 11.0 91.1
2023 265 26.2 10.1 86.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Wilshire Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,784 (13.5%) $11,456 (86.5%) $13,240
2020 $2,076 (15.2%) $11,623 (84.9%) $13,698
2021 $2,418 (16.1%) $12,639 (83.9%) $15,057

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Wilshire Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 3155th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 3954th of 4647 Elementary schools
 14.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Wilshire Elementary)3338
 5%
   3rd Grade Reading (North East Independent School District (Isd))4856
 8%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Wilshire Elementary)4426
 18%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (North East Independent School District (Isd))5045
 5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (Wilshire Elementary)4235
 7%
   4th Grade Reading (North East Independent School District (Isd))4555
 10%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Wilshire Elementary)3627
 9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (North East Independent School District (Isd))4045
 5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
5th Grade Reading (Wilshire Elementary)3638
 2%
   5th Grade Reading (North East Independent School District (Isd))5562
 7%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Wilshire Elementary)4926
 23%
   5th Grade Mathematics (North East Independent School District (Isd))6156
 5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Wilshire Elementary)3215
 17%
   5th Grade Science (North East Independent School District (Isd))5040
 10%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students312265
 15.1%
African American5135
 31.4%
American Indian01
Asian55
Hispanic193177
 8.3%
Pacific Islander05
White5129
 43.1%
Two or More Races1213
 8.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients88.1%86.8%
 1.3%


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Students who attend Wilshire Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Garner Middle
High : MacArthur High School

Students at Wilshire Elementary are 67% Hispanic, 13% African American, 11% White, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander.

Wilshire Elementary ranks 3141st of 4675 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 265 students attended Wilshire Elementary.


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