ROYAL ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 19 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
About ROYAL ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE
Set in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, ROYAL ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE is a mid-tier combined-grade school, operated by ROYAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. It hosts 469 students across grades K through 9.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE is a school of ROYAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
In terms of who attends, ROYAL ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE lists that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic; the rest comes out to 7% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting ROYAL ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, ROYAL ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.8%; actual is 16.9%, a gap of -19.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bexar County) reports that median household earnings sit near $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ROYAL ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
The closest other public school is RIVERSIDE PARK EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROYAL ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 34.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, ROYAL ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the ROYAL ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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