SOUTHSIDE H S

As a sprawling secondary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, SOUTHSIDE H S hosts 1,772 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within SOUTHSIDE ISD. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 123% larger than typical.

Across the 10 schools in SOUTHSIDE ISD (6,091 students total), SOUTHSIDE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, SOUTHSIDE H S reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%); the rest breaks down as 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SOUTHSIDE H S has 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SOUTHSIDE H S higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at SOUTHSIDE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SOUTHSIDE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.5%, the actual is 41.8%, a residual of +5.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Bexar County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which SOUTHSIDE H S is one.

The closest other public school is W M PEARCE PRI, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTHSIDE H S at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 13%: 1,575 students in 2018 compared to 1,772 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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