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San Antonio, Texas - 2 schools
At $37,371 per pupil, Por Vida Academy ranks #4 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
135
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$37,371
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Por Vida Academy operates 2 public schools serving 135 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Bexar County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $37,371 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 40.4% local, 34.9% state, and 24.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 87.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 50.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.4% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% White, 1.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Por Vida Academy Charter H S, enrolling 104 students (59% of the district's total enrollment).
Por Vida Academy Charter H S accounts for 59.4% of all Por Vida Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Por Vida Academy a distant remainder — means Por Vida Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Por Vida Academy student-counselor ratio is 88:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Por Vida Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 50.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Por Vida Academy has 2 schools, including 2 high. Total enrollment is 135 students.
How much does Por Vida Academy spend per student?
Por Vida Academy spends $37,371 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Por Vida Academy?
Por Vida Academy students are 84.4% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% White, 1.4% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.