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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Alkek Elementary, Bandera, TX

Alkek Elementary is a public elementary school in Bandera, part of Bandera ISD. It enrolled 574 students in 2024-25, with 13.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "ALKEK EL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
574
Teachers (FTE)
42.0
Students per teacher
13.7
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 14.2. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.7
District14.2
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
1798 Hwy 173 S, Bandera, TX 78003
Phone
(830)460-3900
District
Bandera ISD
County
Bandera County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
480936000394
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
320
Reduced-price lunch
20
Free or reduced-price lunch
34059.2% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Bandera ISD

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.