GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS

GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS operates as a big unified-grade school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, run under GREAT HEARTS TEXAS. Current enrollment sits at 1,326 students spanning grades K through 11. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS sits 173% bigger than that benchmark.

GREAT HEARTS TEXAS runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 12,926 students. GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 17% White, 5% Black, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS lists 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS higher than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

The closest other public school is HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (SAN ANTONIO), roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.6%.

GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS operates from a downtown location. As a public charter, GREAT HEARTS WESTERN HILLS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.