Original Research by School Decision on Positive Solutions Charter
Positive Solutions Charter is a small alternative high school serving grades nine through twelve in San Antonio, located on North Flores Street in the northern part of the city. It operates as a charter school within the Bexar County system, and its student body is almost entirely Hispanic, with an enrollment of about eighty students spread across the four high school grades, with roughly a third to a quarter in each of the upper grades.
The school's academic profile is uneven across subjects. In English language arts, achievement is low; most students approach grade level, and very few meet or exceed it, with none demonstrating mastery. Mathematics shows a similarly constrained picture: a majority of students approach grade level, but neither meets nor masters the standard. Science and social studies present a different picture. In science, most students approach grade level, and a quarter meet it, with a small share reaching mastery. Social studies shows the strongest performance: most students approach grade level and about a third meet it, though again, mastery is rare. Across all subjects combined, proficiency at the approaches level sits in the moderate range, while proficiency at the meets-and-above level is sparse. The school has only one data point to assess, so trends cannot be discerned from the available information.
The school's structure as an alternative high school suggests it serves students with a different set of needs than a traditional comprehensive high school. The alternative designation typically indicates flexibility in scheduling, curriculum, or pedagogy intended to meet students whose circumstances, learning styles, or prior performance do not fit a standard pathway. With an enrollment of around eighty students, the school is very small. This size carries both implications: closer adult contact and potentially fewer course offerings and peer networks than a larger institution. The lack of reported free-or-reduced-price lunch data and special education or English learner counts makes it difficult to fully characterize the population's economic or academic background.
San Antonio is in the middle of rapid growth, with the metro adding residents faster than nearly any other region in the country in recent years. The city's economy anchors on healthcare and bioscience, the military presence, finance, retail, and a growing IT and cybersecurity sector. Downtown is highly walkable along the River Walk, though the broader city is car-dependent; housing in the school's immediate zip code runs slightly below the Texas state median, and rents are modest. The school itself is not located in the most affluent part of the city but sits in a working-class and historically Hispanic inner-city neighborhood.
A parent considering Positive Solutions Charter should understand it as a small, highly specialized alternative school with an overwhelmingly Hispanic enrollment and below-typical English and math proficiency levels. The stronger social studies and science performance suggests the school may be focusing pedagogically on those areas or that its students respond better to their teaching. For a student who has struggled in a traditional high school setting and needs a smaller, more flexible environment with a cohort facing similar circumstances, the school may offer a pathway to completion. For a family seeking either strong academic acceleration or a wide range of AP or dual-credit course options, this school does not appear to fill that role. The school's single year of test data and small size mean its trajectory cannot yet be assessed from the available figures.
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