DAEP
Public high school in San Antonio, Texas · San Antonio ISD · Grades 6–12
DAEP serves 75 students in grades 6–12 in San Antonio (Bexar County). It is one of 84 schools in San Antonio ISD. By enrollment it is the 1667th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 3.9 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 19 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | San Antonio ISD |
| County | Bexar County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 483873006611 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | San Antonio ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 75 | 44,047 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 3.9 | 15.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 93.3% | 87.2% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 2% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
DAEP in context
Size
Of the 19 high schools in San Antonio ISD, DAEP is the 18th largest, with 0.2% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.7 miles away and have a median of 474 students, so DAEP is smaller than most of them.
NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 9 with 29 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 1, against an average of 11 per grade. This year grade 12 has 87% fewer students than grade 6 (1 against 8). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 92% of enrollment, about the same share as across San Antonio ISD (89.8%).
93.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 87.2% across San Antonio ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
DAEP has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 3.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 75 students would have about 5.4 teachers, so DAEP has 13.6 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other high school is Lanier High School, 1.4 miles away in the same district. There are 37 high schools within 5 miles and 82 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 92% |
| Black | 6.7% |
| White | 1.3% |
30.7% of students are girls and 69.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 8 |
| Grade 7 | 6 |
| Grade 8 | 17 |
| Grade 9 | 29 |
| Grade 10 | 7 |
| Grade 11 | 7 |
| Grade 12 | 1 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
906 Merida St, San Antonio, TX 78207
Phone: (210)438-6820
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: DAEP. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanier High School | San Antonio ISD | 1.4 mi | 1,620 | 15.5 | 96.5% |
| Burleson Center | Edgewood ISD | 1.6 mi | 37 | 37 | 81.1% |
| John F Kennedy High School | Edgewood ISD | 1.6 mi | 998 | 15.7 | 92.5% |
| Learn4life | Edgewood ISD | 1.6 mi | 224 | – | 96.4% |
| KIPP University Prep High School | KIPP Texas Public Schools | 1.7 mi | 630 | 15.6 | 94.4% |
| Burbank High School | San Antonio ISD | 1.9 mi | 1,405 | 16.7 | 88.3% |
| Cooper Academy at Navarro | San Antonio ISD | 2.1 mi | 318 | 13.2 | 91.8% |
| Henry Ford Academy Alameda School for Art + Design | Henry Ford Academy Alameda School for Art + Design | 2.1 mi | 61 | 8.9 | 39.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.