Global Leadership Academy, San Antonio TX

Original Research by School Decision on Global Leadership Academy

Global Leadership Academy is closed. The school was a regular public elementary school serving middle grades in South San Antonio, located on Interstate 35 Access Road on the city's southeast side.

The only available academic data comes from the 2021-22 school year, the final year before closure. That year, the school showed uneven results across grades and subjects. In third-grade English language arts, all students tested met proficiency. Fourth-grade reading saw proficiency at a lower level. In math, third graders showed moderate performance, but fourth-grade math proficiency was substantially lower, with only a small fraction of students meeting the standard. The school was testing only a small number of students in each grade that year, which is typical for a school in its final period of operation.

No enrollment data, demographic information, special population counts, or other operational details are available in the records. The school's closure reflects the financial and operational pressures that have reshaped South San Antonio ISD over the past several years. The district, which spans the south and southeast parts of San Antonio, has faced a sustained budget deficit and declining enrollment. In response, the district closed multiple campuses including two other elementary schools and a middle school earlier on, then closed West Campus High School in 2024-25. In February 2025, the Texas Education Agency took over the district, removing the elected board and superintendent and installing a state-appointed board of managers.

For families in the area, Global Leadership Academy is no longer an option. Current elementary students in the South San Antonio ISD attendance zone would be assigned to one of the remaining neighborhood schools in the district.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 25% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median

Grade 420%

School 20% · District 32% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 3100%

School 100% · District 32% · ▲ 68 pts above district

▲ 54 pts above state median

Grade 470%

School 70% · District 32% · ▲ 38 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median

This schoolSOUTH SAN ANTONIO ISD, 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.