FRANK L MADLA EARLY COLLEGE H S

As a very small four-year high school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, FRANK L MADLA EARLY COLLEGE H S teaches 150 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within NEW FRONTIERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC. That puts it 81% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

NEW FRONTIERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 303 students. FRANK L MADLA EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, FRANK L MADLA EARLY COLLEGE H S shows that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, FRANK L MADLA EARLY COLLEGE H S lists 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 38.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FRANK L MADLA EARLY COLLEGE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.0%, the actual is 53.3%, a residual of +1.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate 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 FRANK L MADLA EARLY COLLEGE H S is one.

The closest other public school is IMELDA DAVIS EARLY COLLEGE H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FRANK L MADLA EARLY COLLEGE H S at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

FRANK L MADLA EARLY COLLEGE H S operates from a city-core location. FRANK L MADLA EARLY COLLEGE H S is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 32%: 220 students in 2018 compared to 150 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 38.2:1 in 2025.

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