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SOMERSET ACADEMY COLLEGIATE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SOMERSET ACADEMY COLLEGIATE
SOMERSET ACADEMY COLLEGIATE, a large combined-grade school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, operated by SOMERSET ACADEMIES OF TEXAS, instructs 1,080 students, covering grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 123% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.
Within SOMERSET ACADEMIES OF TEXAS, which oversees 4 schools and 2,604 students, SOMERSET ACADEMY COLLEGIATE is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, SOMERSET ACADEMY COLLEGIATE reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%); the rest looks like 7% White, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, SOMERSET ACADEMY COLLEGIATE reports 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SOMERSET ACADEMY COLLEGIATE is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.6%; SOMERSET ACADEMY COLLEGIATE posts 25.8%, -15.8 points below that line.
Zooming out to the 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 the poverty rate sits near 11%. SOMERSET ACADEMY COLLEGIATE is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
Nearest neighbor: JACKSON MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOMERSET ACADEMY COLLEGIATE at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.9%.
The school occupies a high-density site. As a public charter, SOMERSET ACADEMY COLLEGIATE runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Over the past 7-year window. SOMERSET ACADEMY COLLEGIATE's enrollment has edged up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 928 (now 1,080). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 77% to 83% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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