ALTERNATIVE H S

ALTERNATIVE H S operates as a rural-scale 9-12 campus in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, run under NORTHSIDE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 159 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so ALTERNATIVE H S sits 80% smaller than that benchmark.

Within NORTHSIDE ISD, which oversees 128 schools and 100,435 students, ALTERNATIVE H S is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, ALTERNATIVE H S records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 12% White, 12% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, ALTERNATIVE H S logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bexar County put the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which ALTERNATIVE H S is one.

PEASE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ALTERNATIVE H S.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. ALTERNATIVE H S's enrollment has edged up 24% since 2018, when it stood at 128 (now 159). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 76% to 69%.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.