Summary:
The two high schools within the Compass Rose Public Schools district in San Antonio, Texas, serve grades 9-12 (with Compass Rose Legacy also including grades 6-8) and present a stark contrast in performance and stability, with the district itself ranking in the bottom 18% of Texas districts.
Compass Rose Legacy, with 530 students, is the district's stronger performer, ranking in the 11th percentile statewide. It has a relatively low dropout rate of 4.3% and shows some academic strength in Biology (42.74% proficiency) and U.S. History (41.51% proficiency), though these scores remain well below state averages. In contrast, Compass Rose Impact is in a state of acute crisis. With only 103 students, it ranks in the bottom 3% of Texas high schools and has an alarming 35.2% dropout rate—meaning over one in three students leaves without graduating. Its test scores are critically low, with just 3.23% proficiency in English I Reading and 9.86% in Biology. Both schools serve high-poverty populations (84.53% at Legacy and 90.29% at Impact), but Impact's smaller size is not translating into personalized attention, as it has a higher student-teacher ratio of 20.6:1 compared to Legacy's 15.2:1.
The key takeaway for parents is that Compass Rose Legacy, while facing its own academic challenges, is a functioning school with a stable student body and some areas of relative success. Compass Rose Impact, however, is struggling with a severe dropout crisis that overshadows all other metrics, suggesting deep systemic issues with student engagement and support. The district's overall numbers are heavily influenced by Legacy's performance, which can mask the urgent problems at Impact. Any parent considering these schools should be aware of this extreme disparity and the critical need for intervention at Impact before academic progress can be expected.
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