📍 8750 Fourwinds Dr, Windcrest, Bexar County, 78239
Heritage Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving middle age pupils, located in Windcrest, Bexar County. The school has 27 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Robert Lara. It is part of the Heritage Academy school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 7.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 3.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Heritage Academy enrolls 27 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 41% male and 59% female. A teaching staff of 7.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 3.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 22% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 48% |
| White | 8 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 22% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
25 of the school's 27 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 25 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Heritage Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 120.
Heritage Academy is one of 5 schools in HERITAGE ACADEMY, based in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The district serves 589 students district-wide and employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 27 students, Heritage Academy is smaller than the district average of about 118 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large