O'Connor High School

Summary:

O'Connor High School is a public high school located in Helotes, Texas, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,794 students. The school is part of the Northside Independent School District, which is ranked 496 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

O'Connor High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in Texas, ranking 233 out of 1,987 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and receiving a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, placing it in the top 12% of high schools in the state. The school has maintained an impressive 4-year graduation rate, ranging from 96.1% to 97.1% over the past 5 years, significantly higher than the state average. O'Connor High School students also consistently outperform their peers in the Northside Independent School District and the state of Texas on STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) exams, with 86.7% of students being proficient or better in U.S. History, compared to 74.28% in the district and 69.1% statewide. The school has a diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 31.17% White, 60.74% Hispanic, 2.43% African American, 1.79% Asian, and 3.51% two or more races.

When comparing O'Connor High School to nearby schools within the Northside Independent School District, other high-performing schools like Health Careers High School and Brandeis High School also stand out, ranking in the top 2% and 17% of Texas high schools, respectively. However, O'Connor High School's lower percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (26.23%) compared to some nearby schools like Marshall High School (66.55%) and Chavez Excel Academy (65.91%) suggests a different socioeconomic makeup. Overall, O'Connor High School is a high-performing, diverse, and well-rounded high school within the Northside Independent School District, consistently delivering excellent academic outcomes for its students.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 12221 Leslie Rd
       Helotes, TX  78023-4404


(210) 397-4800

District: Northside Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
233rd of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,026 Help


Feeder schools for O'Connor High School:

Elementary:    Brauchle Elementary
    Helotes Elementary
    Kuentz Elementary
    Nichols Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  16.8 Help
Number of students:  2,586

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
61.6%
White:
30.8%
Two or more races:
3.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  25.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details O'Connor High School ranks better than 88.3% of high schools in Texas. It also ranks 2nd among 12 ranked high schools in the Northside Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 78.69. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at O'Connor High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (61.6%), White (30.8%), two or more races (3.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 25.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at O'Connor High School is 16.8, which is the 7th best among 12 high schools in the Northside Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at O'Connor High School is $8,026. 10 high schools in the Northside Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

O'Connor High School:

SchoolDigger ranks O'Connor High School 233rd of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See O'Connor High School in the ranking list.)

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Northside Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Northside Independent School District (Isd) 496th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for O'Connor High School

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Rank History for all students at O'Connor High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 79.89 102nd 1427 92.9%
2005 81.68 105th 1429 92.7%
2006 80.65 130th 1430 90.9%
2007 81.19 120th 1497 92.0%
2008 82.67 97th 1510 93.6%
2009 77.94 167th 1539 89.1%
2010 74.12 236th 1568 84.9%
2011 74.18 258th 1672 84.6%
2012 69.55 292nd 1603 81.8%
2013 76.17 209th 1652 87.3%
2014 75.37 246th 1734 85.8%
2015 72.65 311th 1743 82.2%
2016 72.94 295th 1762 83.3%
2017 78.02 214th 1777 88.0%
2018 76.59 237th 1797 86.8%
2019 82.35 155th 1857 91.7%
2021 74.74 315th 1861 83.1%
2022 77.39 248th 1876 86.8%
2023 78.31 243rd 1961 87.6%
2024 78.69 233rd 1987 88.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at O'Connor High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.77 188th 582 67.7%
2019 74.09 124th 604 79.5%
2021 72.82 105th 588 82.1%
2022 80.72 86th 664 87.0%
2023 73.94 127th 677 81.2%
2024 63.44 209th 730 71.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at O'Connor High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.79 271st 1113 75.7%
2019 65.69 222nd 1136 80.5%
2021 38.72 665th 1195 44.4%
2022 50.42 418th 1278 67.3%
2023 50.12 492nd 1371 64.1%
2024 67.79 251st 1435 82.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at O'Connor High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.64 215th 1347 84.0%
2019 93.35 44th 1357 96.8%
2021 71.06 218th 1382 84.2%
2022 72.57 186th 1418 86.9%
2023 78.31 158th 1478 89.3%
2024 63.61 354th 1547 77.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at O'Connor High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.35 397th 1794 77.9%
2019 77.82 187th 1818 89.7%
2021 69.01 346th 1848 81.3%
2022 67.43 342nd 1847 81.5%
2023 66.93 381st 1897 79.9%
2024 63.85 410th 1883 78.2%
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Rank History for Female students at O'Connor High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.97 303rd 1781 83.0%
2019 80.40 183rd 1798 89.8%
2021 74.19 326th 1815 82.0%
2022 76.66 236th 1841 87.2%
2023 77.55 227th 1891 88.0%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at O'Connor High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.93 423rd 1137 62.8%
2019 66.79 409th 1145 64.3%
2021 65.69 496th 1177 57.9%
2022 65.84 449th 1172 61.7%
2023 69.40 378th 1182 68.0%
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Rank History for At Risk students at O'Connor High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.87 304th 1784 83.0%
2019 83.39 125th 1810 93.1%
2021 65.50 383rd 1829 79.1%
2022 80.16 148th 1837 91.9%
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Rank History for Male students at O'Connor High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.54 256th 1803 85.8%
2019 81.73 181st 1824 90.1%
2021 72.79 331st 1840 82.0%
2022 75.59 271st 1853 85.4%
2023 76.62 267th 1913 86.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at O'Connor High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.43 338th 486 30.5%
2019 57.95 226th 487 53.6%
2021 30.34 377th 488 22.7%
2022 32.25 379th 507 25.2%
2023 70.86 130th 525 75.2%
2024 58.82 234th 529 55.8%
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Rank History for African American students at O'Connor High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.54 126th 1013 87.6%
2019 84.71 93rd 1024 90.9%
2021 76.88 145th 1020 85.8%
2022 62.62 259th 1031 74.9%
2023 77.73 154th 1069 85.6%
2024 77.14 158th 1065 85.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at O'Connor High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.68 247th 1691 85.4%
2019 83.11 147th 1714 91.4%
2021 74.78 251st 1743 85.6%
2022 77.95 189th 1762 89.3%
2023 78.81 192nd 1820 89.5%
2024 71.39 292nd 1804 83.8%
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Rank History for White students at O'Connor High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.25 245th 1539 84.1%
2019 78.30 186th 1526 87.8%
2021 70.79 306th 1510 79.7%
2022 75.00 217th 1525 85.8%
2023 75.99 200th 1576 87.3%
2024 71.53 268th 1556 82.8%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for O'Connor High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1999 1115 115 40 597 5 n/a n/a 0 1872
2000 1573 154 63 827 5 n/a n/a 0 2622
2001 1623 160 58 953 12 n/a n/a 0 2806
2002 1705 167 71 1061 15 n/a n/a 0 3019
2003 1705 167 71 1061 15 n/a n/a 0 3019
2004 1664 169 75 1047 11 n/a n/a 0 2966
2005 1655 144 85 1115 9 n/a n/a 0 3008
2006 1715 133 93 1200 6 n/a n/a 0 3147
2007 1657 147 103 1309 5 n/a n/a 0 3221
2008 1664 144 110 1395 6 n/a n/a 0 3319
2009 1322 127 88 1249 9 n/a n/a 0 2795
2010 1249 146 116 1253 13 n/a n/a 0 2777
2011 1132 129 66 1503 4 6 108 0 2948
2012 1114 146 78 1626 2 4 112 0 3082
2013 1062 129 88 1619 2 4 100 0 3004
2014 1058 122 83 1659 2 7 91 0 3022
2015 1080 120 81 1714 2 4 93 0 3094
2016 1094 119 79 1751 2 5 95 0 3145
2017 1115 122 87 1862 3 5 99 0 3293
2018 1102 119 81 1911 3 5 106 0 3327
2019 1046 120 66 1919 1 5 99 0 3256
2020 1014 119 83 1934 3 4 96 0 3253
2021 985 94 64 1867 2 4 97 0 3113
2022 957 83 64 1809 6 3 104 0 3026
2023 871 68 50 1697 8 2 98 0 2794
2024 797 59 39 1594 10 3 84 0 2586

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at O'Connor High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1999 1872 103.0 18.2 15.2
2000 2622 138.3 19.0 10.3
2001 2806 166.5 16.9 11.7
2002 3019 177.2 17.0 11.8
2003 3019 177.2 17.0 11.8
2004 2966 174.4 17.0 10
2005 3008 177.0 17.0 13
2006 3147 161.0 19.5 14.7
2007 3221 176.5 18.2 13.7
2008 3319 183.5 18.1 14.9
2009 2795 164.4 17.0 18.6
2010 2777 160.7 17.2 23.3
2011 2948 166.0 17.7 24.8
2012 3082 159.4 19.3 27.3
2013 3004 153.6 19.5 27.7
2014 3022 166.0 18.1 26
2015 3094 174.0 17.7 23.6
2016 3145 175.0 17.9 23
2017 3293 181.9 18.1 21.1
2018 3327 181.9 18.2 19.7
2019 3256 181.5 17.9 23.3
2020 3253 178.9 18.1 20.3
2021 3113 171.0 18.1 19.1
2022 3026 172.6 17.5 22.2
2023 2794 158.8 17.5 26.2
2024 2586 153.5 16.8 25.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio O'Connor High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1999 1872 103.0 18.2 15.2
2000 2622 138.3 19.0 10.3
2001 2806 166.5 16.9 11.7
2002 3019 177.2 17.0 11.8
2003 3019 177.2 17.0 11.8
2004 2966 174.4 17.0 10
2005 3008 177.0 17.0 13
2006 3147 161.0 19.5 14.7
2007 3221 176.5 18.2 13.7
2008 3319 183.5 18.1 14.9
2009 2795 164.4 17.0 18.6
2010 2777 160.7 17.2 23.3
2011 2948 166.0 17.7 24.8
2012 3082 159.4 19.3 27.3
2013 3004 153.6 19.5 27.7
2014 3022 166.0 18.1 26
2015 3094 174.0 17.7 23.6
2016 3145 175.0 17.9 23
2017 3293 181.9 18.1 21.1
2018 3327 181.9 18.2 19.7
2019 3256 181.5 17.9 23.3
2020 3253 178.9 18.1 20.3
2021 3113 171.0 18.1 19.1
2022 3026 172.6 17.5 22.2
2023 2794 158.8 17.5 26.2
2024 2586 153.5 16.8 25.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for O'Connor High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $484 (6.2%) $7,299 (93.8%) $7,783
2020 $488 (6.4%) $7,191 (93.6%) $7,679
2021 $372 (4.6%) $7,655 (95.4%) $8,026

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on O'Connor High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 155th of 1857 High schoolsRanks 243rd of 1961 High schools
 4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (O'Connor High School)8254
 28%
   End of Course Algebra I (Northside Independent School District (Isd))6844
 24%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (O'Connor High School)8679
 7%
   End of Course Biology (Northside Independent School District (Isd))7266
 6%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (O'Connor High School)7675
 1%
   End of Course English I Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))6059
 1%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (O'Connor High School)6877
 9%
   End of Course English II Reading (Northside Independent School District (Isd))5763
 6%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (O'Connor High School)9191
   End of Course U.S. History (Northside Independent School District (Isd))8579
 6%
   End of Course U.S. History (Texas)7571
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students32562794
 14.2%
African American12068
 43.3%
American Indian18
 700%
Asian6650
 24.2%
Hispanic19191697
 11.6%
Pacific Islander52
 60%
White1046871
 16.7%
Two or More Races9998
 1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients23.3%26.2%
 2.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about O'Connor High School

O'Connor High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Brauchle Elementary
Elementary : Helotes Elementary
Elementary : Kuentz Elementary
Elementary : Nichols Elementary

In the 2023-24 school year, 2,586 students attended O'Connor High School.

Students at O'Connor High School are 62% Hispanic, 31% White, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American, 2% Asian.

O'Connor High School ranks 233rd of 1987 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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