TexasSchoolsFARIAS-SPITZER EL

FARIAS-SPITZER EL

PublicRegular
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas · COMAL ISD
Teachers38.0FTE
Ratio14.2:1students per teacher
Students539enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students539
Grade Span
Student:Teacher14.2:1
Free/Reduced Lunch53%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
7.7%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
45
18%vs prior yr
Enrollment
588
9.1%vs prior yr
Years of Data
2
2023–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

12.9:113.4:114.0:114.5:115.1:115.6:12023202414.2:113.1:1FARIAS-SPITZER ELUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

535546558569581592373941424446202320245395883845EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20232024Nat Avg
Enrollment539588
Teacher FTE3845
Pupil : Teacher ratio14.2:113.1:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20232024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.