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ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY
As a big combined-grade school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY enrolls 1,087 students from grades pre-K through 12, operated by SAN ANTONIO ISD. That puts it 124% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.
Within SAN ANTONIO ISD, which oversees 100 schools and 47,623 students, ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY lists that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 19% White, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY records 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Bexar County's rate of about 63%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.4%; this one delivers 45.4%.
In the surrounding community, Bexar County reports that median household income runs about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY is one.
Nearest neighbor: CAST TECH H S, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.9%.
ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY operates from an urban location. ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 52%: 716 students in 2018 compared to 1,087 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 13% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.
On the community side, the feed for ADVANCED LEARNING ACADEMY typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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