MISSION ACADEMY

MISSION ACADEMY is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD, with 524 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Within SAN ANTONIO ISD, which oversees 100 schools and 47,623 students, MISSION ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, MISSION ACADEMY logs that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 3% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MISSION ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.9%; this one delivers 41.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bexar County) reports that median household income runs about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which MISSION ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MISSION ACADEMY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 32.3%.

MISSION ACADEMY operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 584 students in 2018 compared to 524 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.