📍 1520 Gillette Blvd, San Antonio, Bexar County, 78224
Alternative School is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in San Antonio, Bexar County. The school has 50 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Florinda Castillo. It is part of the South San Antonio Isd school district. It serves grades 1–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.0:1.
Alternative School enrolls 50 students across grades 1–12. The student body is 72% male and 28% female. A teaching staff of 2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 4% White and 2% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 47 | 94% |
| White | 2 | 4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
48 of the school's 50 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 48 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.
Alternative School 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 19, state house district 118.
Alternative School is one of 18 schools in SOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD, based in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The district serves 7,468 students district-wide and employs 508 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 50 students, Alternative School is smaller than the district average of about 415 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large