SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS

Located at 3803 GLOBAL WAY, in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS is a substantial all-grades campus that teaches 1,227 students (grades pre-K through 12), part of SOMERSET ACADEMIES OF TEXAS. Compared to the state average of about 485 students per school, that is 153% above typical.

SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS is one of 4 schools operated by SOMERSET ACADEMIES OF TEXAS, a district that enrolls 2,604 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS logs that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 4% White, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 75% of students at SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 41.3%; actual is 26.7%, a gap of -14.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bexar County) reports that median household earnings sit near $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

Nearest neighbor: COMPASS ROSE LEGACY EL, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 33.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. As a public charter, SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS's enrollment has decreased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 1,700 (now 1,227). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

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