Edison High School
Public high school in San Antonio, Texas · San Antonio ISD · Grades 9–12
Edison High School serves 1,360 students in grades 9–12 in San Antonio (Bexar County). It is one of 84 schools in San Antonio ISD. By enrollment it is the 489th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 15.5 students per full-time teacher, it has more 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 ÷ 87.97 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | San Antonio ISD |
| County | Bexar County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 483873004345 |
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 | 1,360 | 44,047 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 15.5 | 15.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 88.5% | 87.2% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 64% 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.
Edison High School in context
Size
Of the 19 high schools in San Antonio ISD, Edison High School is the 6th largest, with 3.1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.7 miles away and have a median of 286 students, so Edison High School is larger than most of them.
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 365 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 290, against an average of 340 per grade. This year grade 12 has 21% fewer students than grade 9 (290 against 365). 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 95.7% of enrollment, a higher share than across San Antonio ISD (89.8%). Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
88.5% 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
Edison High School has 87.97 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,360 students would have about 97.1 teachers, so Edison High School has 9.1 fewer.
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 Rise Inspire Academy, 0.4 miles away in Inspire Academies. There are 32 high schools within 5 miles and 83 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 95.7% |
| Black | 1.9% |
| White | 1.8% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.1% |
47.6% of students are girls and 52.4% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 365 |
| Grade 10 | 364 |
| Grade 11 | 341 |
| Grade 12 | 290 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
701 Santa Monica St, San Antonio, TX 78212
Phone: (210)738-9720
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Edison High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rise Inspire Academy | Inspire Academies | 0.4 mi | 24 | 12.2 | 58.3% |
| Legacy Traditional- Basse Secondary | Legacy Traditional Schools - Texas | 1.2 mi | 164 | 16.5 | 64% |
| Great Hearts Monte Vista North | Great Hearts Texas | 1.4 mi | 476 | 14.3 | 26.3% |
| Triumph Public High Schools-San Antonio | Triumph Public High Schools Central Texas | 1.6 mi | 62 | 12.5 | – |
| Travis Early College High School | San Antonio ISD | 1.8 mi | 408 | 19.4 | 68.4% |
| Young Women's Leadership Academy | San Antonio ISD | 2.0 mi | 534 | 15.3 | 44.4% |
| Jefferson High School | San Antonio ISD | 2.1 mi | 1,706 | 15.4 | 87.6% |
| Positive Solutions Charter | Positive Solutions Charter School | 2.3 mi | 93 | 15.2 | – |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.