SST DISCOVERY

SST DISCOVERY operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, part of SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY. Current enrollment sits at 508 students spanning grades pre-K through 7.

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 6,084 students. SST DISCOVERY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, SST DISCOVERY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment; the rest consists of 8% Asian, 7% White, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, SST DISCOVERY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.5%, the actual is 43.2%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Bexar County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), SST DISCOVERY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NEFF MIDDLE, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SST DISCOVERY at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 32.0%.

SST DISCOVERY operates from an outer-ring location. As a public charter, SST DISCOVERY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 5%: 483 students in 2018 compared to 508 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 60% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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