HIDDEN COVE STEAM ACADEMY

HIDDEN COVE STEAM ACADEMY is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, operated by SOUTHWEST ISD, serveing 453 students in grades pre-K through 5.

HIDDEN COVE STEAM ACADEMY is one of 18 schools operated by SOUTHWEST ISD, a district that instructs 14,833 students overall.

On demographics, HIDDEN COVE STEAM ACADEMY records that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 3% Black, 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HIDDEN COVE STEAM ACADEMY has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 94% of students at HIDDEN COVE STEAM ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HIDDEN COVE STEAM ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.9%.

Across the wider county, Bexar County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which HIDDEN COVE STEAM ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is INDIAN CREEK EL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIDDEN COVE STEAM ACADEMY ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 565 students in 2018 compared to 453 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.