AGNES COTTON ACADEMY

As a cozy intermediate school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, AGNES COTTON ACADEMY serves 455 students from grades 3 through 8, part of SAN ANTONIO ISD. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 29% below typical.

AGNES COTTON ACADEMY is one of 100 schools operated by SAN ANTONIO ISD, a district that teaches 47,623 students overall.

On the student-mix side, AGNES COTTON ACADEMY records that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 5% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, AGNES COTTON ACADEMY has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AGNES COTTON ACADEMY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 34.7%; this one delivers 55.1%, a residual of +20.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Bexar County shows median household earnings sit near $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), AGNES COTTON ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MARK TWAIN DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, AGNES COTTON ACADEMY comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. AGNES COTTON ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AGNES COTTON ACADEMY has ticked down 8%, going from 495 students in 2018 to 455 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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