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ALAMO HEIGHTS J H
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ALAMO HEIGHTS J H
ALAMO HEIGHTS J H operates as a big middle-grades school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,123 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so ALAMO HEIGHTS J H sits 75% above that benchmark.
ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 4,749 students. ALAMO HEIGHTS J H is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, ALAMO HEIGHTS J H reports that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 42% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 42% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting ALAMO HEIGHTS J H higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Bexar County's rate of about 63%.
After controlling for student poverty, ALAMO HEIGHTS J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.3%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bexar County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which ALAMO HEIGHTS J H is one.
The closest other public school is HOWARD EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ALAMO HEIGHTS J H comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 63.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Over the past 7-year window. ALAMO HEIGHTS J H's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,100 (now 1,123). Class-load math has loosened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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