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Juvenile Detent Center

Public Grades 6-12
1903rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,974 Texas High Schools
Better than 4% of Texas high schools
Summary

The Juvenile Detent Center is a public high school in San Antonio, Texas, serving grades 6-12 with a total enrollment of 127 students. It is part of the San Antonio Independent School District, which is ranked 790 out of 961 districts in Texas and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The Juvenile Detent Center has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing high schools in Texas over the past decade, consistently ranking in the bottom 5-10% of all Texas high schools. It has received a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past 10 years, indicating very poor academic performance. The school significantly underperforms compared to the state and district averages on STAAR assessments across all grade levels and subject areas, with 0% proficiency in 7th grade reading and math, compared to the district at 33.93% and 8.73%, and the state at 51.69% and 31.12%, respectively. Additionally, the Juvenile Detent Center has very low four-year graduation rates, ranging from 0% to 84.8% over the past few years, compared to the state average of around 90%, and high dropout rates, ranging from 2.8% to 18.2% in recent years, significantly higher than the state and district averages.

Interestingly, the Juvenile Detent Center is located in close proximity to several other high schools, including Cooper Academy At Navarro, Healy-Murphy, Lanier High School, Brackenridge High School, and Burbank High School, which generally outperform the Juvenile Detent Center on academic measures, despite also being part of the low-performing San Antonio Independent School District. The Juvenile Detent Center also has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 6.3 to 9.0 in recent years, and spends more per student than the nearby schools, yet its academic performance remains the lowest in the area, suggesting that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving the school's performance.

118
Students ?
8.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,611
Per pupil spending ?
17%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 600 Mission Rd
       San Antonio, TX  78210

(210) 335-7865

District: San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
72.0%
African American:
18.6%
White:
7.6%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 2nd percentile in 2015 → 4th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 8 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (6% vs 50% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!English II Reading scores 53 pts below the Texas average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school6%
District avg33%
Texas avg50%
Middle school
2,333rd of 2,344
Texas public middle schools ?
Bottom 1%▬ steady since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
1,903rd of 1,974
Texas public high schools ?
Bottom 4%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
16th of 18High Schools in the San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)
790th of 961San Antonio Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20253.22333 of 23440.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.62364 of 23720.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.82302 of 23301.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.02236 of 22540.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.82242 of 22520.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.22173 of 21930.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.72050 of 20801.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20174.82006 of 20271.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20160.11981 of 19870.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20150.12034 of 20430.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20140.51970 of 19870.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20130.41952 of 19731.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20120.21943 of 19510.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20110.01887 of 18950.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20100.01801 of 18030.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20090.01758 of 17630.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20080.91696 of 17181.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20070.11678 of 16840.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20060.31574 of 15850.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20050.11577 of 15820.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20040.11566 of 15730.4%☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202211.62140 of 21821.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.12111 of 21180.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.12043 of 20580.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.31952 of 20082.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20232.62240 of 22410.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.12217 of 22210.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.62036 of 20470.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20236.42094 of 21161.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.92072 of 20770.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.82033 of 20430.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.81925 of 19350.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.61883 of 18950.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20236.22222 of 22511.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.82198 of 22201.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.72165 of 21720.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.52055 of 20730.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20182.82035 of 20390.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20235.52209 of 22451.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.22208 of 22280.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.62168 of 21680.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.62060 of 20690.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.32008 of 20301.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202315.31810 of 18150.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.81755 of 17570.1%☆☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20253.31903 of 19743.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.41972 of 19900.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.31938 of 19611.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.01834 of 18762.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.01808 of 18612.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.41820 of 18572.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.51751 of 17972.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20176.31653 of 17777.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20160.61746 of 17620.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20151.71700 of 17432.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20141.81696 of 17342.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20132.91603 of 16523.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20118.11591 of 16724.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20102.11537 of 15682.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20090.61528 of 15390.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20080.41500 of 15100.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20071.31471 of 14971.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20061.41410 of 14301.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20056.51374 of 14293.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20041.51412 of 14271.1%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20235.11039 of 10692.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.2958 of 10317.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.6997 of 10202.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.6997 of 10242.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.2978 of 10133.5%☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20228.11786 of 18372.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.11760 of 18293.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.51778 of 18101.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.81747 of 17842.1%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20237.21341 of 13712.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.01269 of 12780.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20232.91822 of 18913.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.21783 of 18413.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.61781 of 18151.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20191.71768 of 17981.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.61768 of 17810.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20232.51798 of 18201.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.61715 of 17622.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.91682 of 17433.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.91692 of 17141.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.61647 of 16912.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20233.01865 of 18971.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.91798 of 18472.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.31792 of 18483.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.61777 of 18182.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.71778 of 17940.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20232.51893 of 19131.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.71806 of 18532.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.41770 of 18403.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.21807 of 18240.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.11746 of 18033.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202314.51414 of 14784.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202222.01258 of 141811.3%★☆☆☆☆
202119.51265 of 13828.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.71310 of 13573.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.21280 of 13475.0%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20230.81547 of 15761.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.41465 of 15394.8%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Middle school
At Risk (2022)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2023)2nd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2023)1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2023)1st percentile~ school
Special Education (2023)<1st percentile~ school
Female (2023)<1st percentile~ school
High school
Special Education (2023)4th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2023)4th percentile~ school
African American (2023)3rd percentile~ school
At Risk (2022)3rd percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2023)2nd percentile~ school
White (2023)2nd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2023)2nd percentile~ school
Hispanic (2023)1st percentile~ school
Male (2023)1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?
U.S. History23%-45 vs state
Biology12%-50 vs state
Reading12%-42 vs state
English I Reading10%-41 vs state
English II Reading3%-53 vs state
Mathematics0%-39 vs state
Science0%-46 vs state
Social Studies0%-30 vs state
Algebra I0%-47 vs state

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Juvenile Detent Center ranks in the bottom 3.6% of Texas high schools.

Students at Juvenile Detent Center are 72% Hispanic, 19% African American, 8% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 118 students attended Juvenile Detent Center.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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