Bexar County's high school graduation improved year-over-year from 2010 to 2020. In 2021, it dipped for the first time. The COVID-19 pandemic, beginning March 2020, led to an increase in virtual schooling while digital inequities persisted.
High school graduation data disaggregated by race reveals racial inequities in education: 94.2% of Asian students and 92.2% of white students are graduating high school in four years compared to 87.5% of Hispanic students and 84.2% of African American students.
SA2020's data by race requires an understanding of historic and systemic racial inequity. Learn more at SA2020.org/racialequity.
SA2020 uses sex and race identifiers from each source. This means across the indicators you may encounter various ways in which a particular population is identified. SA2020 promotes best practices in collecting demographic data. Read our most recent Recommendations for Collecting Inclusive Demographic Data.
Increase high school graduation rate to 95% (95% by 2030)
| Year | Value | Margin of Error |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 79% | |
| 2011 | 82% | |
| 2012 | 85% | |
| 2013 | 86% | |
| 2014 | 86% | |
| 2015 | 88% | |
| 2016 | 88% | |
| 2017 | 87% | |
| 2018 | 89% | |
| 2019 | 89% | |
| 2020 | 90% | |
| 2021 | 88% |
High School Graduation Rate
Texas Education Agency
