The top reported proficiency rate is 68% in English language arts. The lowest is 27% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on School of Science and Technology
The School of Science and Technology is a charter district serving pre-kindergarten through grade twelve across multiple campuses in Bexar County and the greater Houston area. The network operates around a defined curricular identity: Project Lead The Way STEM education, integrated from grade three onward, with students selecting a specialized pathway in grade nine. This is not a traditional district in the geographic sense; it functions as an open-enrollment network of schools available to families across its service region.
The district reports a total enrollment in the mid-range for its grade span. Enrollment is frontloaded, with larger cohorts in early elementary grades; ninth through twelfth grades are much smaller, reflecting either the intended design of the campus structure or a transition point in the network's development. Demographic composition shows a majority Hispanic enrollment, with substantial representation from Black and white students and smaller populations of Asian and multiracial students.
State assessment data is available for grades three through eight only, as the district does not report high school accountability testing results in this profile. In English language arts, performance is solid in the elementary and middle grades. Grade four proficiency sits around two-thirds of students meeting or exceeding standards; grade six and eight track higher, with grade eight showing the strongest results. Mathematics performance is more variable. Grade five shows about half of students proficient; grade six dips somewhat below that; grade seven rises back to a majority; grade eight falls. Science proficiency is notably lower across the board, with both fifth and eighth grade showing roughly a quarter to a third of students reaching proficiency. Social studies data is available only for grade eight, where about half of students achieved proficiency.
The district ranks in the top quartile among Bexar County's districts on an overall proficiency index, a composite measure across tested subjects and grades. Chronic absenteeism sits in the top quartile as well, at a low level compared to county peers. Per-pupil current spending falls in the middle range of county districts, in the lower half of that spread. The district does not report four-year graduation rates in this data.
SST has undertaken sustained physical expansion in recent years. New campuses opened in Schertz serving grades three through seven alongside an early elementary school, and a pre-K-8 campus in The Woodlands. Most recently, the network broke ground on a dedicated college-prep high school in the Richmond area and opened the Willow Creek campus with middle school expansion planned. Every campus in the network earned an A or B rating in the most recent Texas Education Agency accountability cycle, released in 2025 after a multi-year court-driven ratings freeze.
The STEM pathway model represents an intentional pedagogical choice: students encounter Project Lead The Way coursework starting in elementary grades and make a structured choice of specialization at the high school entry point. Eight campuses received PLTW Distinguished Program recognition in 2024. For families drawn to explicit, vertically sequenced STEM instruction and open-enrollment choice, this is a distinguishing feature. A parent considering the district might want to look further into campus-specific performance variation, the size and support infrastructure of the high school campuses, and the outcomes of students who exit the STEM pathway at the secondary level.
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