STEAM AT THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY

STEAM AT THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY is a very small four-year high school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, one of the schools within EDGEWOOD ISD. The school caters to 240 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so STEAM AT THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY sits 70% smaller than that benchmark.

STEAM AT THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY is one of 29 schools operated by EDGEWOOD ISD, a district that teaches 9,461 students overall.

Looking at the student body, STEAM AT THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY lists that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, STEAM AT THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting STEAM AT THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, STEAM AT THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.6%.

Around the school, Bexar County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), STEAM AT THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

ALTERNATIVE CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, STEAM AT THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

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