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WOODLAWN ACADEMY
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WOODLAWN ACADEMY
WOODLAWN ACADEMY is a mid-sized elementary campus in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD. The school serves 595 students in grades pre-K through 8.
SAN ANTONIO ISD runs 100 schools in total, collectively educating 47,623 students. WOODLAWN ACADEMY is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, WOODLAWN ACADEMY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Beyond that, the school shows 4% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WOODLAWN ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.4%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bexar County put the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. WOODLAWN ACADEMY is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
The closest other public school is YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WOODLAWN ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, WOODLAWN ACADEMY comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.0%.
The school occupies an inner-city site. WOODLAWN ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 670 students in 2018 compared to 595 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for WOODLAWN ACADEMY typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Bexar County at a glance
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