Knowlton Elementary

Summary:

Knowlton Elementary is a public elementary school in San Antonio, Texas, serving 651 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Northside Independent School District, which is ranked 496 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Knowlton Elementary faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance. The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population (86.02%), which is higher than the district (83.62%) and state (48.85%) averages. Knowlton consistently underperforms the district and state on STAAR tests, with its 3rd grade reading proficiency rate at just 22.95% in 2023-2024, compared to the district's 44.52% and the state's 48.85%. The school's performance varies greatly across different student subgroups, ranking in the top 5% of Texas elementary schools for African American students in reading but in the bottom 30% for Hispanic and White students. Additionally, Knowlton has a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students (74.65% receive free or reduced-price lunch), which may contribute to its lower academic outcomes despite spending more per student ($10,059 in 2020-2021) than the district and state averages.

Compared to nearby schools in the Northside Independent School District, such as Timberwilde Elementary, Raba Elementary, and Burke Elementary, Knowlton Elementary's academic performance is generally lower, with higher STAAR proficiency rates and better statewide rankings. The school's declining statewide ranking, from 1,309 out of 4,320 Texas elementary schools in 2014-2015 to 3,919 out of 4,675 in 2023-2024, and its drop in SchoolDigger rating from 3 stars to 1 star, suggest the need for targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 9500 Timber Path
       San Antonio, TX  78250-3900


(210) 397-2600

District: Northside Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
3919th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,059 Help


Students who attend Knowlton Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Zachry Middle
High:    Taft High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.5 Help
Number of students:  651

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
86.0%
White:
8.4%
African American:
3.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  74.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Knowlton Elementary ranks worse than 83.8% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 66th among 80 ranked elementary schools in the Northside Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.15. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (86%), White (8.4%), African American (3.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 74.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Knowlton Elementary is 13.5, which is the 38th best among 80 elementary schools in the Northside Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Knowlton Elementary is $10,059. 46 elementary schools in the Northside Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger Rankings:

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

Northside Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Northside Independent School District (Isd) 496th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Knowlton Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Knowlton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 62.49 1371st 3465 60.4%
2005 59.43 1553rd 3475 55.3%
2006 57.41 1664th 3476 52.1%
2007 58.15 1786th 3724 52.0%
2008 70.75 1005th 3768 73.3%
2009 63.48 1517th 3884 60.9%
2010 56.10 2008th 3937 49.0%
2011 67.44 1350th 4095 67.0%
2012 46.10 2515th 4206 40.2%
2013 51.40 2226th 4221 47.3%
2014 51.94 2208th 4260 48.2%
2015 69.26 1309th 4320 69.7%
2016 47.94 2402nd 4286 44.0%
2017 37.92 2661st 4329 38.5%
2018 52.32 1876th 4359 57.0%
2019 53.88 1830th 4479 59.1%
2021 22.43 3686th 4578 19.5%
2022 27.43 3517th 4581 23.2%
2023 32.79 3231st 4647 30.5%
2024 22.15 3919th 4675 16.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Knowlton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.69 1670th 3226 48.2%
2019 66.97 761st 3333 77.2%
2021 35.05 2355th 3446 31.7%
2022 47.46 1799th 3487 48.4%
2023 47.08 1840th 3556 48.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Knowlton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.37 1619th 3558 54.5%
2019 41.09 1977th 3684 46.3%
2021 25.85 3129th 3799 17.6%
2022 36.69 2520th 3952 36.2%
2023 18.70 3837th 4086 6.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Knowlton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.00 1096th 4264 74.3%
2019 66.82 976th 4309 77.3%
2021 29.92 3395th 4451 23.7%
2022 31.23 3433rd 4477 23.3%
2023 41.18 2783rd 4521 38.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Knowlton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.60 1858th 4306 56.9%
2019 60.74 1464th 4348 66.3%
2021 23.42 3646th 4499 19.0%
2022 27.80 3569th 4561 21.7%
2023 32.14 3260th 4588 28.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Knowlton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.27 1778th 3106 42.8%
2019 64.03 1238th 3184 61.1%
2021 17.78 2653rd 3006 11.7%
2022 44.75 2050th 2958 30.7%
2023 52.83 1800th 2980 39.6%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Knowlton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.66 1340th 4240 68.4%
2019 67.03 937th 4295 78.2%
2021 33.83 3070th 4331 29.1%
2022 41.98 2675th 4461 40.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Knowlton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.30 1930th 4319 55.3%
2019 47.32 2169th 4357 50.2%
2021 23.77 3612th 4498 19.7%
2022 29.15 3447th 4563 24.5%
2023 38.12 2884th 4585 37.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Knowlton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 91.53 107th 2443 95.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Knowlton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.36 1735th 4168 58.4%
2019 57.15 1557th 4188 62.8%
2021 31.11 3157th 4329 27.1%
2022 28.60 3497th 4376 20.1%
2023 34.93 3099th 4401 29.6%
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Rank History for White students at Knowlton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.43 535th 3127 82.9%
2019 60.86 1128th 3142 64.1%
2021 6.10 3025th 3082 1.8%
2022 29.71 2434th 3082 21.0%
2023 31.02 2365th 3106 23.9%
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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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Enrollment information for Knowlton Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 532 65 7 413 n/a n/a n/a 0 1017
1989 575 49 9 512 1 n/a n/a 0 1146
1990 551 48 12 546 3 n/a n/a 0 1160
1991 382 46 12 437 0 n/a n/a 0 877
1992 365 59 13 507 0 n/a n/a 0 944
1993 368 72 11 534 3 n/a n/a 0 988
1994 382 67 9 551 1 n/a n/a 0 1010
1995 391 62 7 558 0 n/a n/a 0 1018
1996 391 62 7 558 0 n/a n/a 0 1018
1997 386 52 6 585 0 n/a n/a 0 1029
1998 393 45 3 585 0 n/a n/a 0 1026
1999 382 46 5 602 0 n/a n/a 0 1035
2000 332 53 6 675 3 n/a n/a 0 1069
2001 238 48 4 534 1 n/a n/a 0 825
2002 222 53 4 536 4 n/a n/a 0 819
2003 222 53 4 536 4 n/a n/a 0 819
2004 156 42 6 581 3 n/a n/a 0 788
2005 133 30 3 634 5 n/a n/a 0 805
2006 115 27 3 633 6 n/a n/a 0 784
2007 93 37 3 638 1 n/a n/a 0 772
2008 87 32 3 614 0 n/a n/a 0 736
2009 87 38 0 659 0 n/a n/a 0 784
2010 79 39 0 649 1 n/a n/a 0 768
2011 51 22 1 649 0 2 8 0 733
2012 51 23 1 668 1 2 11 0 757
2013 55 20 2 666 0 0 11 0 754
2014 59 19 3 659 0 0 4 0 744
2015 65 23 1 607 0 0 4 0 700
2016 69 17 2 597 0 2 8 0 695
2017 71 9 2 576 0 2 1 0 661
2018 67 13 2 584 1 2 2 0 671
2019 60 17 2 535 2 2 3 0 621
2020 58 13 2 533 1 0 2 0 609
2021 60 28 5 544 1 0 8 0 646
2022 63 26 6 536 1 0 9 0 641
2023 55 20 4 560 1 0 11 0 651

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 Knowlton Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1017 50.0 20.3 n/a
1989 1146 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1160 54.0 21.4 n/a
1991 877 53.8 16.3 n/a
1992 944 55.0 17.1 26.4
1993 988 61.0 16.2 53.3
1994 1010 61.0 16.6 39.6
1995 1018 62.2 16.4 38.7
1996 1018 62.2 16.4 38.7
1997 1029 63.7 16.2 42.2
1998 1026 63.6 16.1 43.9
1999 1035 63.0 16.4 66.9
2000 1069 67.0 16.0 63.7
2001 825 52.5 15.7 68.4
2002 819 52.0 15.8 70.7
2003 819 52.0 15.8 70.7
2004 788 53.5 14.7 67.5
2005 805 54.8 14.7 73.5
2006 784 52.5 14.9 75.1
2007 772 53.9 14.3 72.7
2008 736 53.4 13.8 73.8
2009 784 52.4 15.0 74.6
2010 768 55.0 13.9 76.4
2011 733 54.9 13.3 80.1
2012 757 49.5 15.2 81.2
2013 754 48.0 15.7 81.4
2014 744 51.8 14.3 79.3
2015 700 52.0 13.4 81.4
2016 695 50.0 13.9 80.9
2017 661 46.0 14.3 81.2
2018 671 46.4 14.4 77.6
2019 621 48.2 12.8 78.4
2020 609 42.9 14.1 76
2021 646 48.3 13.3 77.6
2022 641 48.9 13.0 79.4
2023 651 48.0 13.5 74.7

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 Knowlton Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1017 50.0 20.3 n/a
1989 1146 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1160 54.0 21.4 n/a
1991 877 53.8 16.3 n/a
1992 944 55.0 17.1 26.4
1993 988 61.0 16.2 53.3
1994 1010 61.0 16.6 39.6
1995 1018 62.2 16.4 38.7
1996 1018 62.2 16.4 38.7
1997 1029 63.7 16.2 42.2
1998 1026 63.6 16.1 43.9
1999 1035 63.0 16.4 66.9
2000 1069 67.0 16.0 63.7
2001 825 52.5 15.7 68.4
2002 819 52.0 15.8 70.7
2003 819 52.0 15.8 70.7
2004 788 53.5 14.7 67.5
2005 805 54.8 14.7 73.5
2006 784 52.5 14.9 75.1
2007 772 53.9 14.3 72.7
2008 736 53.4 13.8 73.8
2009 784 52.4 15.0 74.6
2010 768 55.0 13.9 76.4
2011 733 54.9 13.3 80.1
2012 757 49.5 15.2 81.2
2013 754 48.0 15.7 81.4
2014 744 51.8 14.3 79.3
2015 700 52.0 13.4 81.4
2016 695 50.0 13.9 80.9
2017 661 46.0 14.3 81.2
2018 671 46.4 14.4 77.6
2019 621 48.2 12.8 78.4
2020 609 42.9 14.1 76
2021 646 48.3 13.3 77.6
2022 641 48.9 13.0 79.4
2023 651 48.0 13.5 74.7

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 Knowlton Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,419 (14.1%) $8,631 (85.9%) $10,050
2020 $1,619 (16.9%) $7,969 (83.1%) $9,588
2021 $1,405 (14.0%) $8,654 (86.0%) $10,059

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Knowlton Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1830th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 3231st of 4647 Elementary schools
 28.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Knowlton Elementary)3130
 1%
   3rd Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))4148
 7%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Knowlton Elementary)4119
 22%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))4641
 5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
3rd Grade Reading (Knowlton Elementary)1414
   3rd Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))3626
 10%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)3926
 13%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Knowlton Elementary)011
 11%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))2831
 3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)3123
 8%
4th Grade Reading (Knowlton Elementary)3529
 6%
   4th Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))4345
 2%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Knowlton Elementary)4929
 20%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))4340
 3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
4th Grade Reading (Knowlton Elementary)1025
 15%
   4th Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))1833
 15%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)2931
 2%
4th Grade Mathematics (Knowlton Elementary)1019
 9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))1928
 9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)2622
 4%
5th Grade Reading (Knowlton Elementary)5646
 10%
   5th Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))5255
 3%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Knowlton Elementary)7154
 17%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))6050
 10%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Knowlton Elementary)6031
 29%
   5th Grade Science (Northside Independent School District (Isd))4631
 15%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%
5th Grade Reading (Knowlton Elementary)2036
 16%
   5th Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))4426
 18%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5333
 20%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students621651
 4.8%
African American1720
 17.6%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian24
 100%
Hispanic535560
 4.7%
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White6055
 8.3%
Two or More Races311
 266.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients78.4%74.7%
 3.8%


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Students who attend Knowlton Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Zachry Middle
High : Taft High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 651 students attended Knowlton Elementary.

Knowlton Elementary ranks in the bottom 16.2% of Texas elementary schools.

Students at Knowlton Elementary are 86% Hispanic, 8% White, 3% African American, 2% Two or more races.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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