📍 3300 Ruiz St, San Antonio, Bexar County, 78228
Cardenas Center is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in San Antonio, Bexar County. The school has 242 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tina Garcia. It is part of the Edgewood Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K in an urban setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cardenas Center enrolls 242 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% White and 1.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 235 | 97% |
| White | 4 | 1.7% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
242 of the school's 242 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 242 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.
Cardenas Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 125.
Cardenas Center is one of 27 schools in EDGEWOOD ISD, based in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The district serves 7,849 students district-wide and employs 557 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 242 students, Cardenas Center is smaller than the district average of about 291 students per school.
Setting: City - Large