Original Research by School Decision on Boysville
Boysville is a charter school serving grades seven through eleven as part of the University of Texas University Charter School system. It operates as an alternative school in Converse, on the northeast side of San Antonio.
The school is very small, with a total enrollment in the low teens distributed unevenly across its grade band, with a notably heavier concentration in the tenth-grade cohort. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a much smaller representation of students identifying as Black or white. Data on free-or-reduced-price-lunch eligibility, students with individualized education plans, and English learners was not available, which is typical for alternative schools of this size and type.
State testing data for math, English language arts, science, and social studies was not reported for this school year. The reason is not clear from the data; alternative schools sometimes operate outside the standard state assessment framework, serve students exempt from testing, or report in different ways. A parent may want to ask the school directly how student progress is measured and what alternative assessments or outcome tracking it uses.
The school is part of UT Charter, a non-traditional charter system operated by the University of Texas at Austin. The district serves students in residential treatment centers, psychiatric hospitals, and other specialized facilities rather than operating a conventional school building open to the general residential population. This context shapes Boysville's mission and student population in a fundamental way. The district has made two notable structural commitments relevant to families: it has adopted a trauma-informed instructional approach grounded in the Neurosequential Model in Education, integrated into teacher training and daily classroom practice across its campuses, and it launched a fully accredited online high school diploma program (piloted in the prior year) open to any eligible Texas student, offering credit recovery, acceleration, and self-paced pathways to graduation with individual success coaching.
Converse itself is a fast-growing suburban community northeast of San Antonio, shaped by proximity to Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph and affordability relative to the broader metro area. Most housing in the city has been built in the last two decades; neighborhoods are car-dependent and oriented around commercial corridors rather than a traditional downtown center. The housing market showed short-term softening in 2025 with price declines and longer listing periods, though long-term growth pressure remains strong. A parent or family considering this school would be doing so in the context of Converse's suburban, military-influenced character and its role as an alternative pathway provider rather than a traditional neighborhood school.
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