Enrollment
128
High
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERSET ISD·NCES 484074013194
Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy
7790 E 3RD ST, SOMERSET, TX 78069 · (210) 750-8959 · Bexar County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL128 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Texas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
18.0:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
101 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 42 | 33% |
| Grade 10 | 40 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 20 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 26 | 20% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
90.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2022
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2022.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 70.0% | 8.0% | 2.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 28.0% | 53.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 90.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | N/A |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+41.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 41 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy
Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy this school | 128 | 78.9% | 81.0% |
| Bovina High School BOVINA | 128 | 83.6% | 35.6% |
| Lasara High School LASARA | 105 | 81.9% | 40.7% |
| The East Austin College Prep at MLK AUSTIN | 169 | 75.7% | 21.1% |
| Kenedy High School KENEDY | 219 | 79.9% | 37.0% |
| Lockney High School LOCKNEY | 130 | 72.3% | 38.0% |
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 Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #89 of 1,385 | #4 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,027 of 1,425 ▼ 525 | #47 of 82 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #74 of 1,425 ▼ 18 | #4 of 82 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 128 | #1,518 of 2,107 | #88 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #412 of 1,522 | #30 of 90 |
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
128
-20 (-14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 128 | 7.1 | 18.0:1 | 79% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 130 | 5.3 | 24.8:1 | 73% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 139 | 7 | 19.9:1 | 81% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 148 | 7 | 21.1:1 | 72% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 115 | 7.2 | 16.1:1 | 60% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 45 | 6 | 7.5:1 | 67% (30) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (115 to 128); teachers down 1% (7.2 to 7.1).
About Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy
Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy is a public high school run by SOMERSET ISD in SOMERSET, Texas. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 128 students. That is 84% below the average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.
The district, SOMERSET ISD, operates 8 schools serving 4,259 students.
Hispanic students are 91% of those enrolled at Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy. The remaining shares are 7% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bexar County's population at about 60%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
Its ratio of 18.0:1 is based on 7.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bexar County is 63%.
Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 98% of Texas public high schools.
Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy is in the top 10% of Texas schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.0%. The school's actual rate is 81.0%, 41.0 points higher.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bexar County show that the median household earns about $72,341 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Bexar County, 638 public schools serve about 368,487 students.
Of the public schools around it, Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy is closest to Somerset High School, about 0.2 miles away. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy at 1st of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 20 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 21.1:1 to 18.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 SOMERSET ISD
- Somerset High SchoolHigh · 1,175 students
- Somerset Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary SchoolElementary · 639 students
- Savannah Heights Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 618 students
- Somerset Junior High SchoolMiddle · 608 students
- Somerset Early Childhood Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
Other schools in SOMERSET
- Somerset High SchoolHigh · 1,175 students
- Somerset Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- Somerset Early Childhood Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
Nearby schools
- Somerset High School0.2 mi · 1,175
- Somerset Elementary School0.2 mi · 716
- Somerset Early Childhood Elementary School0.3 mi · 373
- Savannah Heights Intermediate School3.5 mi · 618
- Somerset Junior High School3.5 mi · 608
- S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School4.2 mi · 639
Frequently asked questions
About Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership AcademyHow many students attend Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy?
Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 128 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy serve?
Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy?
At Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy, the student body is approximately 7% White, 91% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian.
Is Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy public or private?
Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOMERSET ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.