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Enrollment
904
High
DISTRICT 1,907 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHSIDE ISD·NCES 483312006023
Health Careers High School
4646 HAMILTON WOLFE, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78229 · (210) 397-5400 · Bexar County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL904 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Texas public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
227 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 242 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 218 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 228 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 216 | 24% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
98.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
81.0%
TX avg 45.3%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 98 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 41.0% | 57.0% | 2.0% | 0.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 53.0% | 17.0% | 2.0% |
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 | 98.0% | 81.0% |
| 2024-25 | 98.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 100.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 100.0% | N/A |
| 2021-22 | 100.0% | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 92.0% | N/A |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
90.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Health Careers High School
Health Careers High School's state test result (90.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Careers High School this school | 904 | 25.1% | 90.6% |
| Carnegie Vanguard High School HOUSTON | 855 | 32.5% | 98.2% |
| Frisco High School FRISCO | 1,985 | 22.1% | 69.8% |
| Great Hearts Irving Upper IRVING | 937 | 18.9% | 68.2% |
| Plano West Senior High School PLANO | 2,559 | 21.8% | 40.4% |
| McNeil High School AUSTIN | 2,660 | 24.7% | 65.3% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Health Careers High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.6% | #20 of 1,385 | #1 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #48 of 1,425 ▲ 34 | #2 of 82 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 98.0% | #15 of 1,425 ▼ 4 | #1 of 82 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 904 | #627 of 2,107 | #41 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #984 of 1,344 | #49 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #172 of 1,346 | #5 of 79 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.1% | #1,408 of 1,522 | #80 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #440 of 672 | #24 of 32 |
Ranked against other public high 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
904
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 819
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 904 | 55.2 | 16.4:1 | 25% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 921 | 52 | 17.7:1 | 27% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 896 | 58 | 15.4:1 | 28% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 905 | 50 | 18.1:1 | 22% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 843 | 48.9 | 17.2:1 | 20% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 841 | 48 | 17.5:1 | 29% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 831 | 48 | 17.3:1 | 29% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 901 | 51 | 17.7:1 | 23% (207) |
| 1990-91 | 819 | 46 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Health Careers High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (843 to 904); teachers up 13% (48.9 to 55.2).
About Health Careers High School
At 4646 HAMILTON WOLFE in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Health Careers High School operates as a medium-sized high school. School enrollment was 904 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12.
Health Careers High School sits within NORTHSIDE ISD, which has 127 schools and 100,208 students.
Health Careers High School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 45%. The rest of enrollment is 30% Asian, 15% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bexar County's population at about 60%. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 55.2 full-time equivalents, or about 16.4 students per teacher. On average, high schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 16.4:1 here. About 25% of students, or 227, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 63% for public schools in Bexar County.
Measured against Texas public high schools, Health Careers High School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Health Careers High School is among the top 10% of schools in Texas. Predicted: 63.0%. Actual: 90.6%.
Bexar County census figures show that the median household income is $72,341, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Bexar County is home to 638 public schools and about 368,487 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, DAEP at Holmgreen is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Health Careers High School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Health Careers High School is 1st of 5 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Health Careers High School is City: Large.
Federal data show 905 students in 2020-21 and 904 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 16.4 students per teacher, compared with 18.1 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Health Careers High School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 NORTHSIDE ISD
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 2,670 students
- Brandeis High SchoolHigh · 2,657 students
- Marshall High SchoolHigh · 2,634 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
- DAEP at Holmgreen0.1 mi · 8
- Holmgreen Center0.1 mi · 93
- Reddix Center0.2 mi · 261
- Basis San Antonio Pri- Medical Center Campus0.7 mi · 799
- McDermott Elementary School1.0 mi · 775
- Mead Elementary School1.2 mi · 887
Frequently asked questions
About Health Careers High SchoolHow large is Health Careers High School?
Health Careers High School enrolls approximately 904 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Health Careers High School serve?
Health Careers High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Health Careers High School have?
Health Careers High School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is Health Careers High School?
Health Careers High School reports a student body of 15% White, 45% Hispanic, 5% Black, 30% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Health Careers High School?
Health Careers High School is overseen by NORTHSIDE ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.