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PIEPER H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout PIEPER H S
PIEPER H S is a senior high of sizable scale in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, one of the schools within COMAL ISD, teacheing 2,093 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 163% larger than typical.
COMAL ISD runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 29,839 students. PIEPER H S is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, PIEPER H S lists that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 42% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Bexar County as a whole.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 115 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PIEPER H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.6%, the actual is 76.9%, a residual of +9.3 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Bexar County shows median household earnings sit near $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PIEPER H S is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
The closest other public school is PIEPER RANCH MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PIEPER H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
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