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What's the state of after-school transportation at GREAT HEARTS FOREST HEIGHTS?
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Enrollment
1,335
Combined
DISTRICT 1,147 · STATE 485
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREAT HEARTS TEXAS·NCES 480144113902
Great Hearts Forest Heights
5538 RESEARCH DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78240 · (210) 892-3665 · Bexar County
GRADES KG–11COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL1,335 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Texas public K-12 schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
262 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 125 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 151 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 136 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 134 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 75 | 6% |
| Grade 10 | 58 | 4% |
| Grade 11 | 53 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 7% smaller than its 8th grade class (134).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 35.0% | 24.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 62.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 39.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Great Hearts Forest Heights
Great Hearts Forest Heights's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Hearts Forest Heights this school | 1,335 | 19.6% | 52.5% |
| Founders Classical Academy of Prosper PROSPER | 929 | 9.0% | 63.3% |
| Great Hearts Prairie View FORT WORTH | 919 | 28.2% | 41.8% |
| Great Hearts Lakeside FORT WORTH | 1,279 | 25.6% | 54.3% |
| Great Hearts Invictus HELOTES | 918 | 21.5% | 54.5% |
| Founders Classical Academy - Conroe CONROE | 921 | 35.3% | 39.9% |
Matched among Texas K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Great Hearts Forest Heights ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #52 of 211 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #88 of 218 ▲ 12 | #2 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #60 of 218 ▼ 18 | #4 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #18 of 134 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,335 | #4 of 280 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #129 of 141 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #8 of 144 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.6% | #219 of 226 | #8 of 9 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,335
+595 (+80%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 23.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,335 | 72.7 | 18.4:1 | 20% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 1,230 | 57.3 | 21.5:1 | 22% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 1,050 | 55 | 19.1:1 | 20% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 740 | 32 | 23.1:1 | 17% (128) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Great Hearts Forest Heights.
About Great Hearts Forest Heights
Great Hearts Forest Heights is a large school serving multiple grade levels located in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. It reported 1,335 students in kindergarten through 11 in 2024-25. Combined schools in Texas average about 485 students, which makes this school 175% larger than average.
Great Hearts Forest Heights is part of a district of 13 schools: GREAT HEARTS TEXAS, with 12,926 students.
The student body at Great Hearts Forest Heights has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 40%. The next largest groups are 30% White, 25% Asian, and 2% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 20 points below the 60% share among Bexar County residents. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Great Hearts Forest Heights are from different groups.
Based on 72.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Great Hearts Forest Heights has a ratio of 18.4:1. The average for combined schools in Texas, 11.7:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 20% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Bexar County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, Great Hearts Forest Heights lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Texas public K-12 schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 65.3%.
The school is in Bexar County, where the median household earns about $72,341 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Bexar County, 638 public schools serve about 368,487 students.
The closest school to Great Hearts Forest Heights is McDermott Elementary School, located about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Great Hearts Forest Heights. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Great Hearts Forest Heights is 1st of 7 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Great Hearts Forest Heights as City: Large. Great Hearts Forest Heights is a public charter school.
Federal records list enrollment at Great Hearts Forest Heights as 740 in 2020-21 and 1,335 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. Students per teacher dropped from 23.1 in 2020-21 to 18.4 in 2024-25.
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Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GREAT HEARTS TEXAS
- Great Hearts Northern OaksCombined · 1,430 students
- Great Hearts Western HillsCombined · 1,326 students
- Great Hearts LakesideCombined · 1,279 students
- Great Hearts Live OakCombined · 1,153 students
- Great Hearts ArlingtonCombined · 998 students
- Great Hearts Online - TXCombined · 968 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- McDermott Elementary School0.6 mi · 775
- Alternative Middle School0.8 mi · 65
- Chavez Excel Academy0.8 mi · 75
- Hobby Middle School1.1 mi · 1,094
- Somerset Academy Oaks1.4 mi · 199
- Howsman Elementary School1.4 mi · 729
Frequently asked questions
About Great Hearts Forest HeightsWhat is the total enrollment at Great Hearts Forest Heights?
Great Hearts Forest Heights enrolls approximately 1,335 students in grades KG-11.
What age range does Great Hearts Forest Heights serve?
Great Hearts Forest Heights serves students from grade KG through grade 11.
How many students per teacher at Great Hearts Forest Heights?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Great Hearts Forest Heights.
What is the student diversity at Great Hearts Forest Heights?
Student demographics at Great Hearts Forest Heights are roughly 30% White, 40% Hispanic, 2% Black, 25% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Great Hearts Forest Heights in?
Great Hearts Forest Heights is part of GREAT HEARTS TEXAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.