Schools in Balcones Heights · San Antonio Independent School District, North East Independent School District

Balcones Heights’s public schools score below 72% of Texas districts on tests and graduation

In Balcones Heights, 35% of tested students are proficient in math, below the Texas average (41%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Balcones Heights, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.

#493of 642 Texas townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency

48%

▼ 4 pts vs TX 51%

2021–22

Math proficiency

35%

▼ 6 pts vs TX 41%

2021–22

Graduate on time

88%

▼ 2 pts vs TX 90%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$13.5K

▲ 5% vs TX $12.8K

FY2024 · North East Independent

Students per teacher

14.6

TX 14.9

Schools in town

83,210 students on the public path

In brief

Balcones Heights’s schools, in brief

Better than its incomes would predict

Among the 86 Texas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Balcones Heights’s, its schools beat 40%, higher than their 28% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 48% of tested students were proficient in reading and 35% in math, against 51% and 41% statewide; 98% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

88% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

San Antonio Independent spends $15,140 per student and North East Independent $13,459, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

Choice beyond the district

St. Gregory the Great Catholic School (private) is in town. Every school ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Balcones Heights’s grade

C⁺ Test scoresD Graduation

C: better than 28% of Texas school districts, #493 of 642 Texas towns. Both inputs trail the Texas average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Texas school districts we grade (1,191)Better than 28%

Lower resultsHigher results

Texas towns with similar household incomes (86)Better than 40%

A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 55,731 test results and a graduating class of 4,967 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2022, when 98% of Balcones Heights’s students in the tested grades sat them (55,537 in math, 55,926 in reading).

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81 schools teach K in Balcones Heights’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A+, so check the specific school.

Balcones Heights’s public schools score below 72% of Texas districts on tests and graduation

Balcones Heights’s schools, in brief

Better than its incomes would predict

Results trail the state

Graduation

Spending and class size

Choice beyond the district

What’s behind Balcones Heights’s grade

Where will my kid go?

Two districts serve Balcones Heights

Below the state in reading

Balcones Heights vs. its neighbors

Every school in Balcones Heights

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