CAST MED H S
SAN ANTONIO · TX · SAN ANTONIO ISD · Public charter
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COMPASS ROSE LEGACY → SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS → HARLANDALE ISD STEM ECHS-ALAMO COLLEGES AT PAC → IDEA SOUTH FLORES COLLEGE PREPARATORY → BEXAR COUNTY LRN CTR → FRANK M TEJEDA ACADEMY → HAC DAEP H S → HIGHLANDS H S →📋 At a glance
- 📚 2 AP courses offered — Moderate
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 37% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How CAST MED H S compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: COMPASS ROSE LEGACY, SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS, HARLANDALE ISD STEM ECHS-ALAMO COLLEGES AT PAC and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 37% of US high schools
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 213 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $15,681 per student in district revenue, the 10 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $156,810/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPASS ROSE LEGACY SAN ANTONIO |
Public · charter | 0.9 | 300 | +5.3% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY BROOKS SAN ANTONIO |
Public · charter | 1.5 | 370 | +7.9% |
| HARLANDALE ISD STEM ECHS-ALAMO COLLEGES AT PAC SAN ANTONIO |
Public | 1.8 | 393 | -2.7% |
| IDEA SOUTH FLORES COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN ANTONIO |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 343 | +2.7% |
| BEXAR COUNTY LRN CTR SAN ANTONIO |
Public | 2.6 | 36 | — |
| FRANK M TEJEDA ACADEMY SAN ANTONIO |
Public | 2.8 | 144 | -8.3% |
| HAC DAEP H S SAN ANTONIO |
Public | 2.8 | 35 | — |
| HIGHLANDS H S SAN ANTONIO |
Public | 3.3 | 1,478 | -4.0% |