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How has JUDSON EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
438
High
DISTRICT 1,015 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUDSON ISD·NCES 482499012011
Judson Early College Academy
8230 PALISADES, LIVE OAK, TX 78233 · (210) 945-5100 · Bexar County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Texas public high schools
- ATest 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
20.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
212 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 134 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 109 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 108 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 87 | 20% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
87.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 70.0% | 10.0% | 3.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 45.0% | 34.0% | 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 | 87.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | N/A |
| 2021-22 | 87.0% | 82.0% |
| 2020-21 | 75.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% 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 26 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 Judson Early College Academy
Judson Early College Academy's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judson Early College Academy this school | 438 | 48.4% | 79.0% |
| Guy M Sconzo Early College High School HUMBLE | 490 | 51.8% | 73.8% |
| Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy GRAND PRAIRIE | 877 | 47.7% | 72.8% |
| Iltexas Keller Saginaw High School FORT WORTH | 747 | 51.4% | 53.8% |
| Manor New Technology High MANOR | 640 | 57.0% | 40.0% |
| Sst Sa College Prep High School SAN ANTONIO | 615 | 43.7% | 63.7% |
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 Judson Early College Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #105 of 1,385 | #5 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #227 of 1,425 ▼ 27 | #11 of 82 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #89 of 1,425 ▼ 6 | #6 of 82 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #974 of 2,107 | #68 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,294 of 1,344 | #76 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #375 of 1,346 | #15 of 79 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #1,041 of 1,522 | #67 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #295 of 557 | #22 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
438
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+96% since 2010-11, when it was 224
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 438 | 21.1 | 20.7:1 | 48% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 23.7 | 18.1:1 | 49% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 22.2 | 18.6:1 | 44% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 21 | 21.0:1 | 49% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 21.4 | 22.3:1 | 45% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 19 | 23.7:1 | 44% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 224 | 13 | 17.2:1 | 50% (113) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Judson Early College Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (477 to 438); teachers down 1% (21.4 to 21.1).
About Judson Early College Academy
Judson Early College Academy is a low-enrollment high school with its address in LIVE OAK, Texas. The school's 438 students are in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 45% lower than the average for high schools in Texas, which is about 796.
The 36 schools in JUDSON ISD enroll 23,539 students altogether, Judson Early College Academy among them.
Judson Early College Academy's enrollment is 59% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 17% Black, 16% White, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 60% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. Judson Early College Academy has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Judson Early College Academy is 21.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 20.7:1. Among high schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The school counts 212 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 48%. For comparison, public schools in Bexar County average 63%.
The allk12 Grade for Judson Early College Academy is A+. Compared with Texas public high schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 79.0%, is 26.0 points above the 53.0% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Texas schools.
In the county around the school, Bexar County, median household income is about $72,341, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. A total of 638 public schools operate in Bexar County, serving about 368,487 students.
Coronado Village Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Judson Early College Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Judson Early College Academy comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Judson Early College Academy is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 441 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 438.
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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 JUDSON ISD
- Judson High SchoolHigh · 2,498 students
- Karen Wagner High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,579 students
- Judson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,189 students
- Kitty Hawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Henry Metzger Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
Nearby schools
- Coronado Village Elementary School0.5 mi · 318
- Kitty Hawk Middle School0.6 mi · 1,062
- Franz Leadership Academy0.6 mi · 322
- Crestview Elementary School0.8 mi · 578
- Ricardo Salinas Elementary School1.2 mi · 675
- Fine Arts Academy of Olympia1.5 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Judson Early College AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Judson Early College Academy?
Judson Early College Academy enrolls approximately 438 students in grades 09-12.
Is Judson Early College Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Judson Early College Academy is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Judson Early College Academy have?
Judson Early College Academy employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
How diverse is Judson Early College Academy?
Judson Early College Academy reports a student body of 16% White, 59% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Judson Early College Academy public or private?
Judson Early College Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by JUDSON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.