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San Antonio, Texas - 97 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks San Antonio Isd #437 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,912 per pupil, San Antonio Isd ranks #417 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
San Antonio Isd operates 97 public schools serving 45,255 students, placing it among the largest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 67 combined, 14 high, 11 middle, 5 elementary schools, giving families in a major system a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a large portfolio before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $13,912 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 42.8% local, 30.1% state, and 27.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 54/100, ranked #437 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 16 of 97 schools offering Advanced Placement (146 AP courses district-wide), a 352.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 44.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.7% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% African American, 3.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cameron El, with a diversity index of 56.3/100.
Its largest campus is Jefferson H S, enrolling 1,706 students (4% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Jt Brackenridge Daep, at 7 students, a 244x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
San Antonio Isd school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 1,706 students (highest), a spread of 1,699 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Source: ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection NCES Civil Rights Data Collection
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.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22
This district has moderate funding equity. There may be room to improve funding diversity or resource allocation.
Average demographic composition across 97 schools in San Antonio Isd.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across San Antonio Isd's schools, below the Texas average of 44.7.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
The Texas districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Rock Isd | Similar size | Lower spending | More locally funded |
| Killeen Isd | Similar size | Lower spending | Less locally funded |
| Socorro Isd | Similar size | Lower spending | Less locally funded |
| Lamar Cisd | Similar size | Lower spending | Similar funding mix |
| Leander Isd | Similar size | Lower spending | More locally funded |
Comparisons are relative to San Antonio Isd's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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Compare vs Houston Isd →San Antonio Isd has 97 schools, including 14 high, 67 combined, 11 middle, 5 elementary. Total enrollment is 45,255 students.
San Antonio Isd spends $13,912 per student. The district has an equity score of 54/100, ranking #437 in Texas.
San Antonio Isd students are 88.7% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% African American, 3.4% White, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 97 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
San Antonio Isd has an equity score of 54/100, ranking #437 out of 1044 districts in Texas.
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