Foundation School of Autism - San Antonio

Size

Foundation School of Autism - San Antonio is the largest of Premier High Schools' 2 elementary schools; its 38 students are 0.5% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.7 miles away and have a median of 535 students, so Foundation School of Autism - San Antonio is smaller than most of them.

NCES lists it as a special education school, one that focuses mainly on students with disabilities. As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.

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 pre-K with 15 students, and its smallest is grade 1 with 8, against an average of 13 per grade. This year grade 1 has 47% fewer students than kindergarten (8 against 15). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 15 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 68.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across Premier High Schools (57.4%). White students are next, at 18.4%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

44.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 76.8% across Premier High Schools and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Foundation School of Autism - San Antonio has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 6.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 38 students would have about 2.6 teachers, so Foundation School of Autism - San Antonio has 3.4 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. Thousand Oaks Elementary School (in North East ISD) is listed at the same location. There are 25 elementary schools within 5 miles and 100 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.