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San Antonio High Schools
This page presents a comprehensive and objective fact-based ranking of San Antonio public high schools showing which currently are most effective in providing their students a broad-based learning success and preparing them for college. Evaluation metrics for all 106 of the high schools included in this study are shown in the 2020 San Antonio public high school rankings presented below.
Unlike some other San Antonio high school rankings this analysis examines only the most current academic performance data available and no consideration is given to student demographics, changes in student performance over time on the STAAR tests, and other such factors or to subjective factors such as anonymous self-selected reviews and statistically invalid online opinion surveys. Additional information about how the performance of these San Antonio public high schools was evaluated and ranked in this analysis is presented in the Methodology description at the bottom of this page.
To provide additional perspective regarding each schools’ academic performance, an academic performance index that indicates the relative performance of each Texas high school was constructed based on the four evaluation factors used in this analysis. Each school also has been assigned an academic performance score based where it is ranked in the academic performance index. The top 10 percent of the high schools included in this study received an academic performance score of 10, high schools in the next lower, ninth decile received a score of 9, and so on.
2020 San Antonio public high school rankings
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| rank | campus(es) | district | academic performance score | students | academic performance index | accountability rating | STAAR scaled score | AP / IB | SAT | ACT |
| 1 | Health Careers High School | Northside ISD | 10 | 862 | 85.1 | A | 98 | 78.9% | 94.8% | 39.5% |
| 2 | BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus | BASIS Texas | 10 | 1,058 | 84.8 | A | 96 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 42.4% |
| 3 | Young Women's Leadership Academy | San Antonio ISD | 10 | 495 | 76.9 | A | 96 | 71.4% | 91.7% | 31.0% |
| 4 | International School of America | North East ISD | 10 | 494 | 66.5 | A | 94 | 56.3% | 71.5% | 37.1% |
| 5 | Reagan High School | North East ISD | 10 | 3,480 | 64.6 | A | 94 | 50.7% | 72.8% | 21.3% |
| 6 | Travis Early College High School | San Antonio ISD | 10 | 381 | 63.4 | A | 95 | 36.5% | 78.7% | 12.5% |
| 7 | Johnson High School | North East ISD | 10 | 3,149 | 62.2 | A | 94 | 44.2% | 64.8% | 22.2% |
| 8 | Champion High School | Boerne ISD | 10 | 1,738 | 61.2 | A | 93 | 45.6% | 61.4% | 38.4% |
| 9 | Judson Early College Academy | Judson ISD | 10 | 481 | 60.2 | A | 95 | 6.0% | 90.0% | 10.0% |
| 10 | Memorial Early College High School | Comal ISD | 10 | 345 | 55.5 | A | 94 | 11.8% | 69.7% | 7.8% |
| 11 | Smithson Valley High School | Comal ISD | 10 | 2,849 | 54.1 | A | 93 | 28.7% | 63.7% | 16.0% |
| 12 | Brandeis High School | Northside ISD | 10 | 2,773 | 53.2 | A | 92 | 37.3% | 62.9% | 10.7% |
| 13 | O'Connor High School | Northside ISD | 9 | 3,256 | 51.9 | A | 92 | 29.5% | 58.2% | 7.9% |
| 14 | Randolph High School | Randolph Field ISD | 9 | 476 | 51.6 | A | 92 | 27.2% | 54.8% | 21.1% |
| 15 | Alamo Heights High School | Alamo Heights ISD | 9 | 1,601 | 51.3 | B | 90 | 38.4% | 64.6% | 34.3% |
| 16 | Clark High School | Northside ISD | 9 | 2,849 | 50.9 | A | 91 | 36.0% | 55.7% | 12.0% |
| 17 | Boerne High School | Boerne ISD | 9 | 1,133 | 48.9 | A | 91 | 32.1% | 47.5% | 22.0% |
| 18 | Steele High School | Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD | 9 | 2,496 | 48.4 | A | 92 | 19.5% | 58.4% | 7.5% |
| 19 | New Braunfels High School / Ninth Grade Center | New Braunfels ISD | 9 | 2,493 | 45.9 | 91 | 23.3% | 43.0% | 12.5% | |
| 20 | Cole Middle/High School | Fort Sam Houston ISD | 9 | 717 | 45.7 | A | 91 | 22.2% | 46.0% | 9.1% |
| 21 | GHT - Monte Vista North | Great Hearts Texas | 9 | 476 | 45.6 | A | 91 | 78.6% | 20.0% | |
| 22 | Stacey High School | Lackland ISD | 9 | 407 | 45.5 | A | 91 | 24.3% | 46.0% | 16.2% |
| 23 | Fox Technical High School | San Antonio ISD | 9 | 371 | 45.5 | A | 90 | 40.2% | 45.2% | 6.1% |
| 24 | Churchill High School | North East ISD | 9 | 2,803 | 45.3 | B | 88 | 34.8% | 54.1% | 16.4% |
| 25 | Clemens High School | Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD | 9 | 2,629 | 45.1 | B | 90 | 26.5% | 56.1% | 9.9% |
| 26 | School of Science and Technology - San Antonio | School of Science and Technology | 9 | 457 | 44.8 | A | 90 | 25.8% | 60.6% | 1.5% |
| 27 | Taft High School | Northside ISD | 9 | 2,473 | 44.4 | A | 91 | 26.7% | 44.4% | 5.6% |
| 28 | Canyon High School | Comal ISD | 9 | 2,698 | 43.2 | B | 90 | 23.3% | 50.0% | 10.3% |
| 29 | Navarro High School | Navarro ISD | 8 | 637 | 43.1 | A | 91 | 11.9% | 50.4% | 13.3% |
| 30 | Brennan High School | Northside ISD | 8 | 2,588 | 43.0 | A | 90 | 19.4% | 48.3% | 4.4% |
| 31 | Warren High School | Northside ISD | 8 | 3,077 | 42.3 | B | 90 | 23.2% | 44.0% | 4.0% |
| 32 | Poth High School | Poth ISD | 8 | 238 | 42.2 | A | 91 | 12.7% | 47.7% | 11.1% |
| 33 | Marion High School | Marion ISD | 8 | 439 | 42.1 | B | 90 | 20.9% | 36.8% | 5.5% |
| 34 | STEM Early College High School | Harlandale ISD | 8 | 359 | 41.6 | A | 90 | 1.1% | 67.4% | 13.0% |
| 35 | La Vernia High School | La Vernia ISD | 8 | 1,081 | 40.3 | B | 89 | 14.2% | 47.4% | 6.3% |
| 36 | Canyon Lake High School | Comal ISD | 8 | 1,045 | 39.9 | B | 86 | 20.2% | 43.6% | 13.4% |
| 37 | Marshall High School | Northside ISD | 8 | 2,518 | 38.5 | B | 85 | 19.0% | 44.4% | 4.3% |
| 38 | Medina Valley High School | Medina Valley ISD | 8 | 1,550 | 38.3 | A | 89 | 13.2% | 10.0% | 27.2% |
| 39 | IDEA Carver College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 8 | 604 | 37.7 | A | 92 | |||
| 40 | Madison High School | North East ISD | 8 | 3,276 | 37.5 | B | 85 | 19.0% | 35.1% | 6.4% |
| 41 | New Frontiers Madla Early College High School | New Frontiers Public Schools | 8 | 192 | 37.4 | A | 88 | 54.6% | 5.5% | |
| 42 | MacArthur High School | North East ISD | 7 | 2,362 | 37.4 | B | 83 | 18.4% | 36.2% | 6.9% |
| 43 | IDEA South Flores College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 7 | 673 | 37.4 | A | 92 | |||
| 44 | GHT - Northern Oaks | Great Hearts Texas | 7 | 1,216 | 37.0 | A | 92 | |||
| 45 | St. Philip's College Early College | San Antonio ISD | 7 | 287 | 35.9 | A | 88 | 45.7% | 3.4% | |
| 46 | Jubilee Brownsville Academy | Jubilee Academies | 7 | 1,057 | 35.8 | B | 72 | 56.5% | 44.2% | |
| 47 | Harlan High School | Northside ISD | 7 | 2,291 | 35.5 | A | 91 | |||
| 48 | Stockdale High School | Stockdale ISD | 7 | 230 | 35.3 | A | 89 | 22.9% | 8.5% | |
| 49 | Legacy Of Educational Excellence High School | North East ISD | 7 | 2,591 | 35.0 | B | 79 | 20.3% | 32.5% | 7.5% |
| 50 | Zacharias Early College Leadership Academy | Somerset ISD | 7 | 129 | 33.7 | A | 85 | 40.0% | ||
| 51 | Harmony Science Academy - San Antonio | Harmony Science Academy | 7 | 785 | 33.5 | B | 74 | 27.7% | 53.1% | 4.2% |
| 52 | Roosevelt High School | North East ISD | 6 | 2,774 | 31.8 | C | 75 | 21.5% | 36.2% | 7.3% |
| 53 | Holmes High School | Northside ISD | 6 | 2,813 | 31.5 | B | 77 | 19.2% | 30.7% | 1.9% |
| 54 | Floresville High School | Floresville ISD | 6 | 1,250 | 30.8 | B | 77 | 15.3% | 27.6% | 4.9% |
| 55 | D'Hanis School | D'Hanis ISD | 6 | 368 | 30.5 | A | 80 | 26.6% | 3.1% | |
| 56 | Comfort High School | Comfort ISD | 5 | 343 | 29.9 | B | 77 | 4.6% | 37.0% | 4.6% |
| 57 | Hondo High School | Hondo ISD | 5 | 619 | 29.8 | B | 77 | 10.8% | 9.7% | 20.9% |
| 58 | Jourdanton High School | Jourdanton ISD | 5 | 417 | 29.6 | B | 80 | 3.2% | 9.6% | 8.5% |
| 59 | Henry Ford School for Art Design | Henry Ford Academy | 5 | 127 | 29.3 | B | 78 | 7.5% | 20.0% | 3.8% |
| 60 | IDEA Monterrey Park College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 5 | 567 | 28.9 | B | 83 | |||
| 61 | Devine High School | Devine ISD | 5 | 566 | 28.6 | B | 77 | 8.2% | 20.2% | 4.1% |
| 62 | Stevens High School | Northside ISD | 5 | 2,836 | 28.4 | C | 75 | 13.1% | 29.6% | 0.5% |
| 63 | Bandera High School | Bandera ISD | 5 | 640 | 28.3 | B | 74 | 9.5% | 37.1% | 9.5% |
| 64 | Pleasant Grove High School | Pleasanton ISD | 5 | 1,031 | 27.9 | B | 75 | 8.5% | 24.7% | 6.1% |
| 65 | Cast Tech High School | San Antonio ISD | 5 | 252 | 27.8 | B | 82 | |||
| 66 | Wagner High School | Judson ISD | 5 | 2,137 | 27.7 | B | 75 | 10.4% | 28.5% | 1.2% |
| 67 | Judson High School | Judson ISD | 4 | 2,712 | 26.9 | C | 73 | 10.7% | 38.0% | 1.7% |
| 68 | Advanced Learning Academy | San Antonio ISD | 4 | 826 | 26.6 | B | 79 | |||
| 69 | SEE Lee Academy of Science and Engineering | School of Excellence In Education | 4 | 117 | 26.5 | B | 76 | 6.9% | 20.7% | |
| 70 | Southwest High School | Southwest ISD | 4 | 2,016 | 26.1 | B | 74 | 9.4% | 19.9% | 4.1% |
| 71 | Jay High School | Northside ISD | 4 | 2,894 | 26.0 | C | 71 | 18.7% | 33.1% | 5.5% |
| 72 | Veterans Memorial High School | Judson ISD | 4 | 1,333 | 25.4 | C | 78 | |||
| 73 | Medina School | Medina ISD | 4 | 306 | 25.0 | B | 74 | 28.6% | 4.8% | |
| 74 | McCollum High School | Harlandale ISD | 3 | 1,525 | 24.7 | B | 73 | 5.9% | 22.7% | 1.0% |
| 75 | Cast STEM High School | Southwest ISD | 3 | 138 | 24.7 | B | 77 | |||
| 76 | Harlandale High School | Harlandale ISD | 3 | 1,817 | 24.5 | B | 72 | 7.5% | 24.2% | 0.8% |
| 77 | Charlotte High School | Charlotte ISD | 3 | 145 | 24.4 | B | 76 | 2.6% | 2.6% | |
| 78 | Brackenridge High School | San Antonio ISD | 3 | 1,685 | 23.2 | B | 70 | 11.7% | 24.4% | 1.5% |
| 79 | Seguin High School | Seguin ISD | 3 | 1,978 | 23.1 | C | 69 | 13.1% | 25.9% | 4.5% |
| 80 | South San Antonio High School | South San Antonio ISD | 3 | 2,616 | 22.5 | C | 72 | 3.3% | 21.6% | 2.2% |
| 81 | IDEA Walzem College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 3 | 540 | 22.4 | B | 75 | |||
| 82 | KIPP University Preparatory High School | KIPP Texas Public Schools | 3 | 827 | 22.1 | B | 74 | |||
| 83 | East Central High School | East Central ISD | 2 | 3,099 | 21.4 | C | 67 | 12.1% | 24.0% | 3.8% |
| 84 | Somerset High School | Somerset ISD | 2 | 1,079 | 21.3 | B | 64 | 16.2% | 28.0% | 4.2% |
| 85 | JHW Inspire - Anne Frank Academy | Inspire Academies | 2 | 405 | 20.7 | C | 72 | |||
| 86 | Memorial High School | Edgewood ISD | 2 | 1,267 | 20.6 | B | 67 | 13.0% | 17.9% | 0.7% |
| 87 | Edison High School | San Antonio ISD | 2 | 1,545 | 19.5 | C | 60 | 13.4% | 27.0% | 3.0% |
| 88 | STEAM At The Fine Arts Academy | Edgewood ISD | 2 | 124 | 19.5 | C | 72 | |||
| 89 | Brooks Academy of Science And Engineering | Brooks Academies of Texas | 2 | 1,698 | 19.5 | C | 58 | 19.6% | 34.1% | 5.2% |
| 90 | Natalia High School | Natalia ISD | 2 | 305 | 19.5 | C | 67 | 1.4% | 21.0% | 2.9% |
| 91 | Southside High School | Southside ISD | 2 | 1,597 | 19.3 | C | 64 | 3.9% | 30.5% | 1.7% |
| 92 | Jefferson High School | San Antonio ISD | 2 | 1,621 | 19.0 | C | 62 | 11.9% | 21.9% | 0.6% |
| 93 | Highlands High School | San Antonio ISD | 2 | 1,439 | 18.7 | C | 64 | 8.9% | 15.8% | 0.3% |
| 94 | Burbank High School | San Antonio ISD | 2 | 1,243 | 18.6 | C | 59 | 15.9% | 25.5% | 2.2% |
| 95 | George Gervin Academy | George Gervin Academy | 2 | 911 | 18.5 | B | 70 | 3.4% | ||
| 96 | Poteet High School | Poteet ISD | 2 | 480 | 18.4 | B | 64 | 1.7% | 22.0% | 5.6% |
| 97 | Corpus Christi College Prep High School | Por Vida Academy | 2 | 46 | 18.3 | C | 69 | 11.5% | ||
| 98 | Kennedy High School | Edgewood ISD | 2 | 1,141 | 18.3 | C | 64 | 8.0% | 14.8% | 0.8% |
| 99 | Brooks Collegiate Academy | Brooks Academies of Texas | 1 | 1,304 | 16.5 | C | 67 | |||
| 100 | Lytle High School | Lytle ISD | 1 | 459 | 15.8 | C | 62 | 14.2% | 4.7% | |
| 101 | Southwest Legacy High School | Southwest ISD | 1 | 1,867 | 14.0 | C | 62 | |||
| 102 | Jubilee San Antonio Academy | Jubilee Academies | 1 | 1,107 | 12.4 | D | 57 | 15.0% | ||
| 103 | Houston High School | San Antonio ISD | 1 | 1,005 | 12.2 | C | 56 | 3.8% | 20.7% | 0.8% |
| 104 | Lanier High School | San Antonio ISD | 1 | 1,605 | 11.3 | C | 54 | 7.3% | 15.9% | 1.0% |
| 105 | SWPS - Southeast Campus | Southwest Preparatory School | 1 | 204 | 7.1 | C | 53 | |||
| 106 | Jubilee Lake View University Preparatory School | Jubilee Academies | 1 | 561 | 3.1 | F | 49 | |||
Source: Texas Education Agency
Methodology
The Texas Education Agency 2019 Accountability Manual describes the methodology used by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to award district and campus accountability ratings and how the four metrics used in this study to rank the academic performance of DFW school districts were derived. The first of these metrics, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) score is the scaled score of all STAAR assessments administered to district students during the 2018-2019 school year. The Advance Placement / International Baccalaureate (AP/IB) and the SAT and ACT college admission tests metrics are the number of students meeting college-ready criteria specified in the Texas Success Initiative (TSI), a state-legislated program to improve student success in college.Within each evaluation category, the top rated Texas high school was awarded the maximum points allocated to that category and all other schools were awarded a proportional number of points based on how their individual scores compared to the score of the top rated school. Scores from both evaluation categories were then added together to arrive at the school's academic performance index. Performance on STAAR tests: 60 points
A maximum of 60 points was awarded based on the percentage of a school's students meeting the TEA's achievement standards on the STAAR reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies subject assessments. The STAAR score shown in the table above is calculated by first adding equal weightings of the percentage of assessments on which students’ performance mastered grade level, met grade level and approached grade level, dividing the sum by 3 and rounding it to the nearest whole percentage. The TEA refers to this as the raw STAAR component score. This raw score is then adjusted or “scaled” by using a conversion table to align letter grades and raw component scores of Texas public school districts and campuses. Because the precision of the scaled STAAR star is significantly diminished by this process, the raw STAAR component score is used in this analysis to measure relative performance on the STAAR tests. College readiness indicators: 40 points
A maximum of 20 points was awarded based on percentage of students in grades 11-12 participating and successfully completing AP/IB courses. The school with the highest scores on the College Board AP examinations or IB examinations in English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies was awarded the maximum points for each subject area category. A maximum of 20 points also was awarded to the school with the top SAT and ACT scores.
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