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San Antonio, Texas - 18 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks South San Antonio Isd #439 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,874 per pupil, South San Antonio Isd ranks #607 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,872
Total Enrollment
18
Schools
$12,874
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
South San Antonio Isd operates 18 public schools serving 7,872 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 12 combined, 4 middle, 2 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 $12,874 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 24.7% local, 43.2% state, and 32.1% 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 #439 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 2 of 18 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 448.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 43.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.0% Hispanic or Latino, 3.7% White, 1.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Neil Armstrong El, with a diversity index of 21.9/100.
Its largest campus is South San Antonio H S, enrolling 2,190 students (25% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Bexar Co J J a E P, at 1 students, a 2190x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
South San Antonio H S accounts for 24.6% of all South San Antonio Isd student enrollment
That concentration means South San Antonio Isd-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.
South San Antonio Isd school enrollment varies 2190× across entities
South San Antonio Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 2,190 students (highest), a spread of 2,189 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.
South San Antonio Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 94.2% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
South San Antonio Isd student-counselor ratio is 449:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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.
South San Antonio Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 43.1% — 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.
South San Antonio Isd has 18 schools, including 2 high, 12 combined, 4 middle. Total enrollment is 7,872 students.
How much does South San Antonio Isd spend per student?
South San Antonio Isd spends $12,874 per student. The district has an equity score of 54/100, ranking #439 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of South San Antonio Isd?
South San Antonio Isd students are 94.0% Hispanic or Latino, 3.7% White, 1.2% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 18 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for South San Antonio Isd?
South San Antonio Isd has an equity score of 54/100, ranking #439 out of 1044 districts in Texas.