SOUTHWEST H S

SOUTHWEST H S is a roomy secondary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by SOUTHWEST ISD. The school instructs 2,363 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 197% above typical.

SOUTHWEST ISD comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 14,833 students; SOUTHWEST H S is among them.

In terms of who attends, SOUTHWEST H S reports that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 5% White, 5% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 146 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, SOUTHWEST H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.4%; this one delivers 44.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Bexar County shows 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%. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which SOUTHWEST H S is one.

SOUTHWEST EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTHWEST H S. On composite proficiency, SOUTHWEST H S comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. SOUTHWEST H S's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 2,375 (now 2,363).

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.