Summary:
Zip code 78229 in San Antonio, Texas, is home to two high schools within the Northside Independent School District (Isd), serving grades 9-12 in a suburban area with a mix of residential and commercial development.
The standout school in this area is Health Careers High School, a large magnet school with 904 students that ranks among the top 1% of high schools in Texas, improving from 24th to 9th in the state. It achieves near-perfect test scores, including 100% proficiency in Algebra I and 98-99% in Biology, English, and U.S. History, far exceeding district and state averages. The school also boasts a 99.1% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate, with a student-teacher ratio of 16.3 and spending of $8,303 per student. In stark contrast, Daep At Holmgreen is a very small alternative school with only 8 students, serving as a Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP) for students needing a non-traditional setting. It lacks standard test score data due to its transient population, but maintains a 0.0% dropout rate, suggesting it effectively keeps at-risk students enrolled.
Key metrics highlight the disparity: Health Careers has a 25.11% free/reduced lunch rate, indicating a more affluent demographic, while Daep At Holmgreen has no such data available. The district average for Algebra I proficiency is 53.43%, compared to Health Careers' 100%, and the state average is 54.03%. The spending per student at Daep At Holmgreen is only $3,100, significantly lower than Health Careers' $8,303, likely reflecting its lower-cost operational model. Overall, this zip code offers a tale of two schools: one is a top-tier academic powerhouse preparing students for college and pre-professional tracks, while the other provides essential intervention services for students who have struggled in traditional settings, illustrating the district's effort to serve a wide range of educational needs.
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