Heritage Academy, Windcrest TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Heritage Academy

Heritage Academy is a charter school serving grades seven and eight in Windcrest, an inner suburb of San Antonio in northeastern Bexar County. It is an alternative school, meaning it serves a population whose needs or circumstances differ from those of traditional public schools. The school operates as its own district rather than as part of a larger district.

The enrollment is small, with roughly equal numbers of students across the two grades. A very substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting economically disadvantaged families. The student body is racially diverse, with students of Hispanic, Black, White, and multiracial backgrounds represented.

On state assessment results for 2024-25, Heritage Academy shows mixed performance across subjects and grades. In English Language Arts, seventh graders scored stronger than eighth graders, with more than half in the seventh grade meeting or exceeding proficiency. In math, eighth graders outperformed seventh graders, with a majority of eighth graders meeting or exceeding proficiency. Science and social studies proficiency results are lower, particularly in social studies at the eighth-grade level, where proficiency rates fall below the midpoint. When compared to the other districts in Bexar County, Heritage Academy's overall proficiency index sits above the median, a positive position given the school's economic context. The data shows that performance is uneven across subject areas rather than uniformly weak or strong across the board.

Windcrest itself is a small, largely residential incorporated city that has been built out since the 1960s. It is bordered on three sides by San Antonio and sits about eleven miles northeast of downtown. Civic life centers on Takas Park, which offers trails, courts, fields, and a civic center, and on the city's neighborhood parks. Commercial activity is concentrated along the Interstate 35 and Walzem Road corridor rather than in a traditional downtown. The city was long anchored by Rackspace Technology, which relocated its headquarters away from Windcrest in 2022; the former site is now being redeveloped into the Windcrest International Business Park as of 2024. Housing in Windcrest is modestly priced relative to state and national benchmarks, and new construction takes the form of infill and individual lots rather than large new subdivisions.

State testing data was available for this school year only, so trend information over time is not present in the available records. A parent evaluating Heritage Academy should note that proficiency rates vary meaningfully across subjects, and a parent may want to discuss with the school the factors behind the lower social studies results and ask about instructional focus in that area. Because this is an alternative school serving a small, economically disadvantaged population, it falls outside the typical comparison framework used for broader school choice decisions.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 742%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 855%

School 55% · District 57% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 758%

School 58% · District 53% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 51% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 41% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 22% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

This schoolHERITAGE ACADEMY, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income56%Higher-income90%34 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income33%Higher-income56%23 pp gap