Thornton Elementary

Public PK, KG-5

 6450 Pembroke
       San Antonio, TX  78240-2585


(210) 397-3950

District: Northside Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
2660th of 4,647 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,210 Help


Students who attend Thornton Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Rudder Middle
High:    Marshall High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.1 Help
Number of students:  558

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
54.5%
White:
19.2%
Asian:
14.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  65.4% Help


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Compare Details Thornton Elementary ranks worse than 57.2% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 44th among 80 ranked elementary schools in the Northside Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 42.05. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Thornton Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (54.5%), White (19.2%), Asian (14%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 65.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Thornton Elementary is 14.1. 49 elementary schools in the Northside Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Thornton Elementary is $11,210, which is the 23rd highest among 80 elementary schools in the Northside Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Thornton Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Thornton Elementary 2660th of 4647 Texas public elementary schools. (See Thornton Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Special Education students:
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Gifted and Talented students:
Male students:
Asian students:
African American students:
Hispanic students:
White students:


Northside Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Northside Independent School District (Isd) 529th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Thornton Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Thornton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 64.99 1227th 3465 64.6%
2005 70.03 998th 3475 71.3%
2006 67.86 1136th 3476 67.3%
2007 78.97 494th 3724 86.7%
2008 85.20 211th 3768 94.4%
2009 81.70 393rd 3884 89.9%
2010 64.01 1516th 3937 61.5%
2011 67.50 1346th 4095 67.1%
2012 72.73 993rd 4206 76.4%
2013 61.74 1624th 4221 61.5%
2014 61.31 1680th 4260 60.6%
2015 48.61 2407th 4320 44.3%
2016 46.62 2461st 4286 42.6%
2017 54.29 1746th 4329 59.7%
2018 53.70 1811th 4359 58.5%
2019 48.24 2145th 4479 52.1%
2021 34.22 2877th 4578 37.2%
2022 25.59 3625th 4581 20.9%
2023 42.05 2660th 4647 42.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Thornton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 56.63 479th 1112 56.9%
2022 15.19 936th 1004 6.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Thornton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.31 1427th 3226 55.8%
2019 34.28 2437th 3333 26.9%
2021 43.27 1849th 3446 46.3%
2022 22.52 3089th 3487 11.4%
2023 43.86 2026th 3556 43.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Thornton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.91 698th 3558 80.4%
2019 49.72 1432nd 3684 61.1%
2021 32.69 2587th 3799 31.9%
2022 34.09 2722nd 3952 31.1%
2023 27.41 3312th 4086 18.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Thornton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.40 2013th 4264 52.8%
2019 46.57 2311th 4309 46.4%
2021 29.80 3404th 4451 23.5%
2022 16.29 4187th 4477 6.5%
2023 34.51 3256th 4521 28.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Thornton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.28 1627th 4306 62.2%
2019 59.11 1547th 4348 64.4%
2021 59.59 1526th 4499 66.1%
2022 33.98 3164th 4561 30.6%
2023 51.21 2071st 4588 54.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Thornton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.67 1666th 3106 46.4%
2019 58.36 1602nd 3184 49.7%
2021 49.31 1778th 3006 40.9%
2022 52.22 1765th 2958 40.3%
2023 70.81 754th 2980 74.7%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Thornton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.35 2631st 4240 37.9%
2019 40.39 2646th 4295 38.4%
2021 40.27 2543rd 4331 41.3%
2022 26.48 3706th 4461 16.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Thornton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.77 2059th 4319 52.3%
2019 37.91 2797th 4357 35.8%
2021 21.59 3764th 4498 16.3%
2022 23.25 3798th 4563 16.8%
2023 36.57 2981st 4585 35.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Thornton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.72 823rd 1005 18.1%
2019 17.64 920th 1009 8.8%
2021 1.47 961st 967 0.6%
2022 11.90 905th 957 5.4%
2023 18.04 920th 1015 9.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Thornton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.04 773rd 2483 68.9%
2019 40.88 1523rd 2515 39.4%
2021 33.05 1718th 2444 29.7%
2022 35.48 1664th 2421 31.3%
2023 35.15 1644th 2443 32.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Thornton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.12 1938th 4168 53.5%
2019 50.93 1921st 4188 54.1%
2021 38.47 2679th 4329 38.1%
2022 24.62 3719th 4376 15.0%
2023 45.96 2349th 4401 46.6%
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Rank History for White students at Thornton Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.65 1365th 3127 56.3%
2019 42.85 1911th 3142 39.2%
2021 32.13 2257th 3082 26.8%
2022 29.62 2440th 3082 20.8%
2023 36.84 2130th 3106 31.4%
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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.

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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by a parent
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Open Quote Horrible admin, staff, and faculty. Rude, disrespectful, and unprofessional. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Thornton Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1990 384 30 15 219 0 n/a n/a 0 648
1991 475 49 39 279 0 n/a n/a 0 842
1992 518 61 28 344 0 n/a n/a 0 951
1993 555 33 29 302 3 n/a n/a 0 922
1994 521 28 35 303 4 n/a n/a 0 891
1995 564 21 34 353 3 n/a n/a 0 975
1996 564 21 34 353 3 n/a n/a 0 975
1997 560 36 40 390 4 n/a n/a 0 1030
1998 548 32 34 384 2 n/a n/a 0 1000
1999 512 33 30 382 1 n/a n/a 0 958
2000 510 29 41 380 1 n/a n/a 0 961
2001 480 28 46 422 1 n/a n/a 0 977
2002 368 27 60 353 2 n/a n/a 0 810
2003 368 27 60 353 2 n/a n/a 0 810
2004 352 35 66 347 2 n/a n/a 0 802
2005 322 32 70 372 2 n/a n/a 0 798
2006 260 41 69 380 1 n/a n/a 0 751
2007 240 23 62 341 0 n/a n/a 0 666
2008 214 33 50 340 0 n/a n/a 0 637
2009 194 36 44 338 1 n/a n/a 0 613
2010 216 49 72 411 1 n/a n/a 0 749
2011 173 42 61 424 3 0 28 0 731
2012 172 28 51 424 3 1 28 0 707
2013 172 33 55 437 3 1 22 0 723
2014 171 36 69 400 5 0 20 0 701
2015 201 21 73 390 3 0 12 0 700
2016 255 38 57 338 3 0 14 0 705
2017 185 30 78 328 1 0 14 0 636
2018 177 33 60 321 1 1 14 0 607
2019 162 37 67 337 1 2 15 0 621
2020 147 42 62 310 0 2 16 0 579
2021 116 40 50 301 0 2 16 0 525
2022 118 48 58 278 0 2 29 0 533
2023 107 41 78 304 0 1 27 0 558

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 Thornton Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 648 33.0 19.6 n/a
1991 842 33.5 25.1 n/a
1992 951 52.0 18.2 24.6
1993 922 55.0 16.8 28.9
1994 891 58.0 15.4 25.4
1995 975 60.3 16.2 20.9
1996 975 60.3 16.2 20.9
1997 1030 65.9 15.6 23.5
1998 1000 64.0 15.6 22.8
1999 958 58.0 16.5 33.2
2000 961 57.5 16.7 28.9
2001 977 62.0 15.8 31.3
2002 810 53.5 15.1 29.8
2003 810 53.5 15.1 29.8
2004 802 45.8 17.5 24.6
2005 798 47.8 16.7 31
2006 751 47.5 15.8 34
2007 666 42.8 15.6 26
2008 637 40.0 15.9 27.3
2009 613 39.4 15.6 29.9
2010 749 48.0 15.6 40.1
2011 731 46.9 15.5 39.5
2012 707 44.5 15.8 40
2013 723 44.8 16.1 45.6
2014 701 47.9 14.6 45.1
2015 700 47.0 14.8 45.3
2016 705 46.0 15.3 45.5
2017 636 44.9 14.1 42.9
2018 607 43.2 14.0 40.5
2019 621 42.6 14.5 46.9
2020 579 43.9 13.1 47.3
2021 525 41.0 12.7 47.6
2022 533 40.8 13.0 49.5
2023 558 39.5 14.1 65.4

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 Thornton Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 648 33.0 19.6 n/a
1991 842 33.5 25.1 n/a
1992 951 52.0 18.2 24.6
1993 922 55.0 16.8 28.9
1994 891 58.0 15.4 25.4
1995 975 60.3 16.2 20.9
1996 975 60.3 16.2 20.9
1997 1030 65.9 15.6 23.5
1998 1000 64.0 15.6 22.8
1999 958 58.0 16.5 33.2
2000 961 57.5 16.7 28.9
2001 977 62.0 15.8 31.3
2002 810 53.5 15.1 29.8
2003 810 53.5 15.1 29.8
2004 802 45.8 17.5 24.6
2005 798 47.8 16.7 31
2006 751 47.5 15.8 34
2007 666 42.8 15.6 26
2008 637 40.0 15.9 27.3
2009 613 39.4 15.6 29.9
2010 749 48.0 15.6 40.1
2011 731 46.9 15.5 39.5
2012 707 44.5 15.8 40
2013 723 44.8 16.1 45.6
2014 701 47.9 14.6 45.1
2015 700 47.0 14.8 45.3
2016 705 46.0 15.3 45.5
2017 636 44.9 14.1 42.9
2018 607 43.2 14.0 40.5
2019 621 42.6 14.5 46.9
2020 579 43.9 13.1 47.3
2021 525 41.0 12.7 47.6
2022 533 40.8 13.0 49.5
2023 558 39.5 14.1 65.4

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 Thornton Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $912 (9.6%) $8,637 (90.4%) $9,549
2020 $1,014 (9.8%) $9,323 (90.2%) $10,337
2021 $1,021 (9.1%) $10,190 (90.9%) $11,210

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Thornton Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2145th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 2660th of 4647 Elementary schools
 9.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Thornton Elementary)3549
 14%
   3rd Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))4148
 7%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Thornton Elementary)3536
 1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))4641
 5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (Thornton Elementary)4352
 9%
   4th Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))4345
 2%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Thornton Elementary)3237
 5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))4340
 3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
5th Grade Reading (Thornton Elementary)5046
 4%
   5th Grade Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))5255
 3%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Thornton Elementary)6438
 26%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Northside Independent School District (Isd))6050
 10%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Thornton Elementary)5125
 26%
   5th Grade Science (Northside Independent School District (Isd))4631
 15%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students621558
 10.1%
African American3741
 10.8%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian6778
 16.4%
Hispanic337304
 9.8%
Pacific Islander21
 50%
White162107
 34%
Two or More Races1527
 80%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients46.9%65.4%
 18.6%


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Thornton Elementary ranks 2660th of 4647 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Thornton Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Rudder Middle
High : Marshall High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 558 students attended Thornton Elementary.

Students at Thornton Elementary are 54% Hispanic, 19% White, 14% Asian, 7% African American, 5% Two or more races.


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