ALTERNATIVE CENTER

ALTERNATIVE CENTER operates as a very small secondary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, run under EDGEWOOD ISD. Current enrollment sits at 27 students spanning grades 6 through 11. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 97% below typical.

EDGEWOOD ISD comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 9,461 students; ALTERNATIVE CENTER is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ALTERNATIVE CENTER shows that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Native American. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ALTERNATIVE CENTER tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, 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%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), ALTERNATIVE CENTER is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EL DAEP, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 31 students in 2018 compared to 27 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 6.9:1 in 2018 to 5.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.