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ALAMO HEIGHTS J H
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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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