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HEALTH CAREERS H S
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HEALTH CAREERS H S
HEALTH CAREERS H S is a four-year high school of middle-of-the-pack scale in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD, teacheing 904 students in grades 9 through 12.
HEALTH CAREERS H S is one of 128 schools operated by NORTHSIDE ISD, a district that serves 100,435 students overall.
In terms of who attends, HEALTH CAREERS H S reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 30% Asian, 15% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably less Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, HEALTH CAREERS H S has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is south of typical.
With demographic context factored in, HEALTH CAREERS H S ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 62.9%; HEALTH CAREERS H S posts 89.9%, +27.0 points above that line.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate median household income runs about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. HEALTH CAREERS H S is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
Nearest neighbor: DAEP AT HOLMGREEN, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HEALTH CAREERS H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 29.7%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HEALTH CAREERS H S has grew 7%, going from 843 students in 2018 to 904 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked up from 15% to 30%.
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