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Enrollment
2,423
High
DISTRICT 1,015 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUDSON ISD·NCES 482499010445
Karen Wagner High School
3000 N FOSTER RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78244 · (210) 662-5000 · Bexar County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,423 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Texas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
15.8:1
154 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
1,851 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 | 682 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 746 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 554 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 441 | 18% |
Student demographics
55%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
35.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 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 up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4.0% | 31.0% | 24.0% | 41.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 19.0% | 39.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 35.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 2.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Karen Wagner High School
Karen Wagner High School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Wagner High School this school | 2,423 | 76.4% | 45.3% |
| Judson High School CONVERSE | 2,498 | 74.1% | 37.6% |
| C E King High School HOUSTON | 3,716 | 77.4% | 39.3% |
| Cypress Lakes High School KATY | 3,175 | 73.4% | 54.8% |
| Lakeview Centennial High School GARLAND | 2,073 | 77.7% | 57.4% |
| Mayde Creek High School HOUSTON | 3,036 | 76.5% | 56.2% |
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 Karen Wagner High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #987 of 1,385 | #49 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #1,220 of 1,425 ▼ 45 | #60 of 82 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,325 of 1,425 ▼ 94 | #70 of 82 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #966 of 1,184 | #51 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,423 | #189 of 2,107 | #17 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #864 of 1,344 | #40 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #512 of 1,346 | #21 of 79 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.4% | #460 of 1,522 | #36 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #290 of 672 | #16 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
2,423
+21 (+1%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 2,356
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 2,423 | 153.7 | 15.8:1 | 76% (1,851) |
| 2023-24 | 2,224 | 164.4 | 13.5:1 | 77% (1,713) |
| 2022-23 | 2,366 | 163.5 | 14.5:1 | 80% (1,897) |
| 2020-21 | 2,402 | 158 | 15.2:1 | 69% (1,659) |
| 2017-18 | 2,124 | 154.4 | 13.8:1 | 72% (1,521) |
| 2015-16 | 2,260 | 145 | 15.6:1 | 72% (1,620) |
| 2010-11 | 2,356 | 168 | 14.0:1 | 63% (1,474) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Karen Wagner High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (2,124 to 2,423); teachers unchanged (154.4 to 153.7).
About Karen Wagner High School
Karen Wagner High School is a public large high school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. It had 2,423 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in Texas average about 796 students, which makes this school 204% bigger than average.
Karen Wagner High School is one of the 36 schools that make up JUDSON ISD (23,539 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show Karen Wagner High School is 61% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 26% Black, 8% White, and 3% multiracial. In Bexar County overall, the Hispanic share is about 60%. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Karen Wagner High School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 15.8:1 is based on 153.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 76%. It compares with 63% for public schools in Bexar County.
Karen Wagner High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 27% of Texas public high schools.
Karen Wagner High School scores 45.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.1%.
The school's county is Bexar County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 638 public schools in the county, enrolling about 368,487, Karen Wagner High School among them.
Karen Wagner High School's closest public school neighbor is James L Masters, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Karen Wagner High School's average proficiency of 45.3% compares with 25.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 2,402 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 2,423.
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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
- 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
- Escondido Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 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
- James L Masters0.6 mi · 713
- Candlewood Elementary School0.7 mi · 263
- Candlewood STEM Academy PK-10.7 mi · 199
- San Antonio Steam Academy0.9 mi · 139
- William Paschall Elementary School1.2 mi · 723
- Henry Metzger Middle School1.3 mi · 991
Frequently asked questions
About Karen Wagner High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Karen Wagner High School?
Karen Wagner High School enrolls approximately 2,423 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Karen Wagner High School serve?
Karen Wagner High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Karen Wagner High School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Karen Wagner High School.
How diverse is Karen Wagner High School?
Karen Wagner High School reports a student body of 8% White, 61% Hispanic, 26% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Karen Wagner High School in?
Karen Wagner High School is part of JUDSON ISD.
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