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San Antonio, Texas - 1 schools
At $16,995 per pupil, San Antonio Preparatory Schools ranks #147 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$16,995
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District-Level NCES Analysis
San Antonio Preparatory Schools operates 1 public schools serving 156 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 $16,995 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 16.1% local, 60.7% state, and 23.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 139:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 85.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.6% African American, 33.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is San Antonio Preparatory, enrolling 139 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
San Antonio Preparatory accounts for 89.1% of all San Antonio Preparatory Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of San Antonio Preparatory Schools a distant remainder — means San Antonio Preparatory Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
San Antonio Preparatory Schools student-counselor ratio is 139:1 — 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.
San Antonio Preparatory Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 85.6% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to San Antonio Preparatory Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in San Antonio Preparatory Schools?
San Antonio Preparatory Schools has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 156 students.
How much does San Antonio Preparatory Schools spend per student?
San Antonio Preparatory Schools spends $16,995 per student.
What is the demographic composition of San Antonio Preparatory Schools?
San Antonio Preparatory Schools students are 57.6% African American, 33.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.