Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Of the 364,833 students enrolled in Bexar County schools, 64.2% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 3% increase over the previous school year.
Bexar County enrolled the fourth highest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged among Texas counties.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
"The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students...dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools...gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.
Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students Over 4 Years
Top 50 Bexar County Schools With Most Economically Disadvantaged Students in 2022-23 School Year
| School | Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students | Total Number of Students |
|---|---|---|
| Holmes High School | 2,073 | 2,561 |
| Karen Wagner High School | 1,897 | 2,366 |
| Roosevelt High School | 1,867 | 2,599 |
| Stevens High School | 1,853 | 2,800 |
| Jay High School | 1,819 | 2,248 |
| Southwest Legacy High School | 1,785 | 2,014 |
| Marshall High School | 1,753 | 2,634 |
| East Central High School | 1,682 | 3,252 |
| South San Antonio High School | 1,654 | 1,786 |
| Judson High School | 1,644 | 2,666 |
| Legacy of Educational Excellence High School | 1,559 | 2,390 |
| Southwest High School | 1,546 | 2,152 |
| Highlands High School | 1,518 | 1,651 |
| Madison High School | 1,506 | 2,850 |
| Lanier High School | 1,494 | 1,547 |
| Jefferson High School | 1,462 | 1,686 |
| Southside High School | 1,430 | 1,685 |
| Brackenridge High School | 1,379 | 1,568 |
| Harlandale High School | 1,360 | 1,664 |
| Warren High School | 1,282 | 2,647 |
| Brennan High School | 1,226 | 3,142 |
| Edison High School | 1,195 | 1,329 |
| Macarthur High School | 1,193 | 2,055 |
| Burbank High School | 1,191 | 1,319 |
| Taft High School | 1,190 | 2,694 |
| Clark High School | 1,173 | 2,835 |
| McCollum High School | 1,168 | 1,494 |
| Churchill High School | 1,084 | 2,510 |
| Brooks Academy of Science and Engineering | 1,059 | 1,317 |
| Brooks Collegiate Academy | 992 | 1,367 |
| Somerset High School | 981 | 1,148 |
| John F. Kennedy High School | 961 | 1,042 |
| Jubilee San Antonio | 891 | 1,010 |
| Judson Middle School | 877 | 1,259 |
| Henry Metzger Middle School | 855 | 953 |
| Colonel Menchaca Early Childhood Center | 848 | 935 |
| Veterans Memorial High School | 828 | 1,773 |
| Brandeis High School | 824 | 2,777 |
| Ross Middle School | 819 | 945 |
| Houston High School | 815 | 856 |
| Jones Middle School | 812 | 1,097 |
| Rudder Middle School | 800 | 994 |
| Memorial High School | 798 | 872 |
| Larkspur Elementary School | 792 | 882 |
| Nimitz Middle School | 782 | 1,071 |
| Johnson High School | 763 | 3,202 |
| Neff Middle School | 763 | 932 |
| Harlan High School | 754 | 2,532 |
| Kitty Hawk Middle School | 749 | 1,237 |
| O'Connor High School | 733 | 2,794 |
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Alamo Heights Junior High• Boldt Elementary• Hopkins Elementary• Las Lomas Elementary• Galm Elementary• Brandeis High School• John F. Kennedy High School• School of Science and Technology Hill Country• School of Science and Technology Discovery• Camelot Elementary• Kipp Un Mundo Dual Language Academy• Rodriguez Montessori Elementary School• Hirsch Elementary• Mora Elementary• Agnes Cotton Academy• Hutchins Elementary• Gillette Elementary• Southside Alter Center• Clear Spring Elementary• Rhodes Elementary• Healy-Murphy• Somerset High School• Pre/K for Sa East Central Isd• San Antonio Preparatory• Henderson Elementary• Olympia Elementary• Carroll Early Childhood Campus• Basis San Antonio - Northeast Campus• Van Raub Elementary• Heritage Academy of San Antonio• Beard Elementary• Tafolla Middle• William Paschall Elementary• Ott Elementary• Garner Middle• Krueger Elementary• Positive Solutions Charter• Palo Alto Elementary• Driggers Elementary• Steubing Elementary• Harmony Elementary• Ladera Elementary School• George E. Kelly Elementary• Olmos Elementary• Jubilee Academy• Academy of Creative Ed• Serna Elementary• V.m. Adams Elementary• Harlandale High School• S/Sgt Michael P. Barrera Veterans Elementary School• Las Palmas Leadership School for Girls• Hoffmann Elementary• Bexar County Academy• Franklin Elementary• Jubilee Highland Park• Stonewall/Flanders Elementary• Valley Hi Elementary• L.b. Johnson Elementary• Jubilee Highland Hills• East Terrell Hills Elementary• Elementary Dorado Elementary• Bush Middle• Idea Monterrey Park College Preparatory• Burbank High School• Bexar County Jjaep• Baskin Elementary• Brooks Academy Oaks• Brauchle Elementary• Steam At The Fine Arts Academy• Gonzales Early Childhood Campus• Memorial High School• Cast Med High School• Northwood Elementary• Southwest Prep Northwest Elementary School• Tynan Early Childhood Campus• Longfellow Middle• Luna Middle• Vale Middle• Mission Academy• Neisd - Pk4sa• H.w. Schulze Elementary• Glenn Elementary• Sky Harbour Elementary• Taft High School• Oak Meadow Elementary• Stafford Elementary• White Middle• Winston Intermediate of Excellence• Howsman Elementary• Healy Murphy Pk• Westwood Terrace Elementary• Bexar County Learning Center• Robert B. Green Academy• Cole Elementary• Basis San Antonio- Shavano Campus• Hobby Middle• North East Jjaep• Brooks Academy of Science and Engineering• Holmes High School• Savannah Heights Intermediate School• Coker Elementary• Kallison Elementary• Kipp Aspire Academy• Herff Academy• Evers Elementary• Basis San Antonio Primary - Northeast Campus• Eleanor Kolitz Hebrew Language Academy• East Central Heritage Middle• Cambridge Elementary• May Elementary• Basis San Antonio- Primary North Central Campus• Idea Converse Academy• Highland Hills Elementary• Founders Classical Academy of Schertz• Losoya Middle School• Whittier Middle• Alternative Elementary School• Virginia Allred Stacey Junior/Senior High School• Bulverde Creek• Margil Academy• Alan B. Shepard Middle• Pieper Ranch Middle• Advanced Learning Academy• Estrada Achievement Center• Idea Mays Academy• Fox Run Elementary• Pershing Elementary• Brackenridge High School• Idea Ewing Halsell College Preparatory• Ft Sam Houston Elementary• Wright Elementary• Steele Montessori Academy• Nisd Pksa• Rose Garden Elementary School• Northwest Crossing Elementary• School of Science and Technology Northwest• Locke Hill Elementary• H.b. Gonzalez Elementary• Heritage Elementary• Johnson High School• Kipp Camino Academy• Alternative Elementary• Woodridge Elementary• Loma Park Elementary• Great Hearts Live Oak• Candlewood Elementary• Fenwick Academy• Elolf Elementary• Glass Elementary• Arnold Elementary• Promesa Academy Charter School• Homebased Comp Education• Southwest Elementary• Woodlake Elementary• Raba Elementary• De Zavala Elementary• Judson High School• Douglass Academy• Tradition Elementary• Idea Burke Academy• IDEA Amber Creek Academy• Redland Oaks Elementary• Nelson Early Childhood Campus• Cooper Academy At Navarro• Forester Elementary• Dr. David C. Walker Elementary School• Clark High School• Hidden Cove Elementary• Price Elementary• Carlos Coon Elementary• Washington Elementary• Braun Station Elementary• Fields Elementary• Briscoe Middle• Young Women's Leadership Academy• Julius L. Matthey Middle School• Jubilee Sendero• Bexar County JJAEP• Southwest Legacy High School• Lighthouse Charter School• Columbia Heights Elementary• Idea Judson Academy• Burke Elementary• Crestview Elementary• Great Hearts Online - Texas• Davis Middle• Cameron Elementary• Gus Garcia Middle• Big Country Elementary• Leon Springs Elementary• McDermott Elementary• Behlau Elementary• Alternative High School• Royal Academy of Excellence• Hill Middle• Wetmore Elementary• Linton Elementary• Idea South Flores Academy• Compass Rose Legacy Elementary School• Hac Daep High School• Tejeda Junior Academy• Eloise Japhet Academy• Thousand Oaks Elementary• Wilderness Oak Elementary• Stepping Stones Academy• Great Hearts Forest Heights• Juvenile Detent Center• Legacy Middle• Jja• Judith A. Resnik Middle• Jubilee Westwood• Converse Elementary• Timberwilde Elementary• St. Philip's College Early College High School With Saisd• South San Antonio High School - West Campus• Regency Place Elementary• Judson Early College Academy• Schenck Elementary• Jt Brackenridge Daep• Freedom Elementary• Idea Walzem College Preparatory• Highland Park Elementary• Carroll Bell Elementary• Tuscany Heights• McCollum High School• Idea Burke College Preparatory• Cable Elementary• Fernandez Elementary• Athens Elementary School• Roy Benavidez Elementary• Hidden Forest Elementary• Five Palms Elementary• Stevenson Middle• Villarreal Elementary• International School of America• Legacy of Educational Excellence High School• Pease Middle• Zachry Middle• Brennan High School• Stevens High School• James L. Masters• Pre-K 4 San Antonio• Idea Walzem Academy• Idea Ingram Hills College Preparatory• Vestal Elementary• Ricardo Salinas Elementary• Lanier High School• Bonham Academy• Knox Early Childhood Campus• Thornton Elementary• Woodlawn Academy• Texans Can Academy - San Antonio• Frank Madla Elementary• Idea Ingram Hills Academy• Lighthouse High School• Canyon Ridge Elementary• Briscoe Elementary• Ridgeview Elementary• Blattman Elementary• Adams Hill Elementary• Julian C. Gallardo Elementary• Bradley Middle• Coronado Village Elementary• Bexar County JJAEP• Sun Valley Elementary• Jordan Middle• Rayburn Middle• Bowden Academy• Timberwood Park Elementary School• Kipp Poder Academy• Health Careers High School• Roosevelt Elementary• Elm Creek Elementary School• Nimitz Middle• Robert G. Cole Middle/High School• Stone Oak Elementary• Woodstone Elementary• Straus Middle School• Neil Armstrong Elementary• Elrod Elementary• Burleson Center• Cast Stem High School• Basis San Antonio Primary - Medical Center Campus• Compass Rose Journey• Somerset Early Childhood Elementary• Nichols Elementary• Windcrest Elementary• Dorie Miller Elementary• Foster Academy• Dr. Paul S. Saenz Junior High School• Kingsborough Middle• Great Hearts Monte Vista• Neal Elementary• Kindred Elementary• Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy• Laurel Ridge• Premier High School San Antonio East• Texas State Executive - State Board of Education• A. Leal Junior Middle• Bellaire Elementary• Medio Creek Elementary• Bexar County JJAEP• Hac Daep Middle• Lieck Elementary• Kipp University Prep High School• Hillcrest Elementary• Dwight Middle• Frank M. Tejeda Academy• Idea Najim Academy• Southwest High School• Young Men's Leadership Academy• Lighthouse Charter School - B. Campus• Howard Elementary• Somerset Junior High• Mh Specht Elementary School• Storm Elementary• Harmony Hills Elementary• Jjaep• Aue Elementary• Roy Cisneros Elementary• Scobee Elementary• Montgomery Elementary• Jay High School• Rudder Middle• Lamar Elementary• Jubilee - Lake View University Prep• Harlandale Middle• Copperfield Elementary• Hardy Oak Elementary• Idea Monterrey Park Academy• Great Hearts Northern Oaks• Carnahan Elementary• Prelude Preparatory Charter School• Connally Middle• Young Women's Leadership Academy Primary at Page• Martin Elementary• Gardendale Pre-K 4 San Antonio Early Learning• Idea Mays College Preparatory• Kuentz Elementary• Robert C. Zamora Middle• Passmore Elementary• Randolph Middle• Henry Ford Academy Alameda School for Art + Design• Southwest Preparatory School• Nisd Bexar County Jja• Roan Forest Elementary• Kitty Hawk Middle• Esparza Elementary• Cibolo Green• Park Village Elementary• Lewis Elementary• Holmgreen Center• Fisher Elementary• Alter High School• Lackland Elementary• Harmony School of Innovation - San Antonio• East Central High School• Stinson Middle• Oak Hills Terrace Elementary• Rolling Meadows Elementary• Rhodes Middle• Idea Hidden Meadow Academy• Vineyard Ranch Elementary• Hot Wells Middle School• Jubilee San Antonio• Great Hearts Monte Vista North• David Crockett Academy• Helotes Elementary• Alternative Middle School• Ward Elementary• Rogers Academy• Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle• Myers Elementary• KIPP Somos High School• Reddix Center• Idea Ewing Halsell Academy• P.f. Stewart Elementary• Oak Grove Elementary• Harris Middle• Pieper High School• Salado Elementary• Walzem Elementary• Judson Care Academy• Spicewood Park Elementary• Rayburn Elementary• Michael Elementary• Knowlton Elementary• South San Antonio High School• Pre-K Academy At West Avenue• Macarthur High School• Indian Creek Elementary• Charles Graebner Elementary• Hull Elementary• Travis Early College High School• Wortham Oaks Elementary• David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary• Folks Middle• Tejeda Middle• Collier Elementary• Saisd - Pk4sa• East Central Cast Lead High School• Alternative Middle• Southwest Preparatory School-Northwest• New Directions• Luckey Ranch Elementary• Carvajal Early Childhood Campus• Great Hearts Western Hills• Collins Garden Elementary• Idea Brackenridge College Preparatory• Royal Ridge Elementary• Madison Elementary• Cast Tech High School• The Gathering Place• Kipp Esperanza Dual Language Academy• Henry Metzger Middle• Colonel Menchaca Early Childhood Center• Judson Middle• Tomlinson Elementary School• Ut - University Charter School At High Point• Alternative Center• JHW Inspire Academies- Rise Recovery• Idea Converse College Preparatory• Francis R. Scobee Middle• Harmony Science Academy (san Antonio)• Larkspur Elementary• Beacon Hill Academy• School of Science & Technology• Judson Learning Academy• Langley Elementary• Idea Hidden Meadow College Preparatory• Idea Najim College Preparatory• Highlands High School• Dr. Harmon W. Kelley Elementary School• Marshall High School• Scarborough Elementary• Alamo Heights High School• Huebner Elementary• Idea Judson College Preparatory• Por Vida Academy Charter High School• Ruth Jones McClendon Middle• Kinder Ranch Elementary School• Jackson Middle• Miller Point Elementary• Neff Middle• E.t. Wrenn Middle• Encino Park Elementary• Allen Elementary• Reagan High School• Steubing Ranch Elementary• Woodlake Hills Middle• Ray D. Corbett Junior High• Driscoll Middle• Heritage Academy• Randolph High School• Wernli Elementary School• Carson Elementary• Karen Wagner High School• Ronald E. McNair Middle School• McAndrew Elementary• Wilshire Elementary• Garcia Middle• Gates Elementary• Cody Elementary• Las Palmas Elementary• Idea Carver Academy• Kirby Middle• Idea Eastside College Preparatory• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School• Hatchett Elementary• Meadow Village Elementary• Frank L. 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King Elementary• Oak Crest Elementary• Lopez Middle• Cardenas Center• Indian Springs Elementary School• Jefferson Middle• Dellview Elementary• Fenley Transitional High School• Mary Lou Hartman• Harmony School Of Excellence - San Antonio• Stahl Elementary• Ellison Elementary• Mark Twain Dual Language Academy• Eisenhower Middle• Edgar Allan Poe STEM Dual Language Middle School• Compass Rose Ingenuity• Charles C. Ball Academy• Hawthorne Pk-8 Academy• Jefferson High School• Idea Carver College Preparatory• Wood Middle• Powell Elementary• Riverside Park Academy• Los Reyes Elementary• Milton B. Lee Academy Of Science & Engineering• O'Connor High School• E.h. Gilbert Elementary• Southside High School• Ogden Academy• Fenley Transitional Middle• W.m. Pearce Primary• The Foundation School for Autism• Edison High School• Northern Hills Elementary• Irving Dual Language Academy• Harlan High School• Madison High School• Lowell Middle• Miguel Carrillo Junior Elementary• Education Franz Elementary• Kriewald Rd Elementary• Fox Technical High School• Leon Valley Elementary• Maverick Elementary• Bob Hope Elementary• Chavez Excel Academy• Idea Amber Creek College Preparatory• Brooks Academy Lonestar• Muriel Forbes Academy• Morrill Elementary• Escondido Elementary• Learn4life• J.t. Brackenridge Elementary• Pecan Valley Elementary• Anne Frank Inspire Academy• Glenoaks Elementary• Idea South Flores College Preparatory• Veterans Memorial High School• Compass Rose Academy• Southwest Preparatory Southeast Campus• Castle Hills Elementary• Krueger Middle• Roosevelt High School• Jackson-Keller Elementary• Jones Middle• Spring Meadows Elementary• Wilson Elementary• Warren High School• George Gervin Academy• Terrell Wells Middle• Heritage Academy Of Windcrest• Mead Elementary• Harris Middle School• Rawlinson Middle• Brooks Collegiate Academy• Alonso S. Perales Elementary• Harlandale Isd Stem Echs Alamo Colleges at PAC
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