MARK TWAIN DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY

MARK TWAIN DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY is a primary school of medium-sized scale in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, one of the schools within SAN ANTONIO ISD, educateing 694 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 34% larger than typical.

SAN ANTONIO ISD comprises 100 schools with combined enrollment of 47,623 students; MARK TWAIN DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY is among them.

In terms of who attends, MARK TWAIN DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY lists that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 6% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, MARK TWAIN DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 54% of students are eligible 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 meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MARK TWAIN DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 57.9%, a residual of +7.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Bexar County shows median household earnings sit near $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which MARK TWAIN DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY is one.

AGNES COTTON ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARK TWAIN DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.0%.

MARK TWAIN DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY operates from a city-core location. MARK TWAIN DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 303%: 172 students in 2018 compared to 694 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.