Education in the U.S. city of San Antonio, Texas hosts over 100,000 students across its 31 higher-education facilities which include the University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, and the Alamo Community College District's five colleges. Other schools include St. Mary's University, the University of the Incarnate Word, Trinity University, and Wayland Baptist University. The San Antonio Public Library serves all of these institutions along with the 17 school districts within San Antonio.

The city is also home to more than 30 private schools and charter schools. These schools include San Antonio Academy, Holy Cross High School, Incarnate Word High School, St. Anthony Catholic High School.

Colleges, universities, and research institutes

Public schools and libraries

The city of San Antonio is also served by the following independent school districts (ISDs):[1][2]

The city is served by the San Antonio Public Library.

Charter schools

Closed

By 2012 philanthropic organizations made efforts to expand the use of charter schools in the city,[6] and these efforts continued into 2015.[5] In 2018 the city government allowed IDEA Public Schools to issue tax-exempt bonds, which are less expensive than the kinds of bonds it could previously issue. San Antonio-area public school districts protested the move, stated that this would cause charter schools to cannibalize them.[7] In 2019 IDEA announced plans to expand in the San Antonio area after the United States Department of Education issued it a $116 million grant.[8]

Private schools

San Antonio has many private schools, including:

Miscellaneous education

The Japanese Supplementary School of San Antonio (JSSSA; サンアントニオ日本語補習校 San Antonio Nihongo Hoshūkō), a Japanese weekend supplementary school holding classes for Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals, holds its classes at Raba Elementary School in San Antonio.[9]

References

  1. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bexar County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-06-26. - Compare the outline of San Antonio's city limits to the district boundaries.
  2. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Medina County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-06-26. - Compare the outline of San Antonio's city limits to the district boundaries.
  3. ^ Teitz, Liz (2019-07-02). "New private school opening on San Antonio's North Side". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Malik, Alia (2017-09-27). "Seven charter districts in Bexar County facing closure". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  5. ^ a b Petty, Kathleen (August 2015). "Charter Choice: Charter School Growth in San Antonio". San Antonio Magazine. Open Sky Media, Inc. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  6. ^ Kastner, Lindsay (2012-10-29). "Well-heeled S.A. effort aims for more charter schools — lots more". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  7. ^ Teitz, Liz (2018-09-13). "School leaders to city: stop helping charters expand". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  8. ^ Teitz, Liz (2019-04-25). "Federal money to fuel charter expansion, including IDEA's big San Antonio plans". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  9. ^ "Home." Japanese Supplementary School of San Antonio. Retrieved on February 15, 2015. "This is the website of the Japanese Supplementary School of San Antonio. We are located at Raba Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas."