Lanier High School

Summary:

Lanier High School is a public magnet high school in San Antonio, Texas, serving 1,547 students in grades 9-12. The school faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance, declining graduation rates, and a high-needs student population that is predominantly Hispanic (95.15%) and economically disadvantaged (96.57%).

Lanier High School's academic performance is a major concern, with the school consistently ranking in the bottom 10-15% of Texas high schools based on the SchoolDigger statewide ranking. Its proficiency rates on STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) exams are significantly below the state and district averages, ranging from 20-47% in 2023-2024. The school's 4-year graduation rate of 83.9% in 2022-2023 is also lower than the state and district averages, and its dropout rate has been increasing, reaching 4.7% in 2021-2022.

When compared to other high schools in the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD), such as Burbank High School and Brackenridge High School, Lanier High School consistently performs worse on academic measures and has lower graduation rates. The nearby KIPP Somos Collegiate and Fox Technical High School, which are magnet and charter schools, generally outperform Lanier High School on academic measures and have better graduation rates. These comparisons suggest that Lanier High School needs targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes.


Detail:

Public, Magnet 9-12

 1514 W Cesar E Chavez Blvd
       San Antonio, TX  78207-3992


(210) 978-7910

District: San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1722nd of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,484 Help


Feeder schools for Lanier High School:

Elementary:    Carvajal Elementary
    David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary
    David Crockett Academy
    De Zavala Elementary
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Middle:    Rhodes Middle
    Tafolla Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  14.7 Help
Number of students:  1,612

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
93.5%
African American:
2.2%
Asian:
1.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  96.3% Help


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Compare Details Lanier High School ranks worse than 86.7% of high schools in Texas. It also ranks 13th among 19 ranked high schools in the San Antonio Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.82. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Lanier 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 (93.5%), African American (2.2%), Asian (1.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 96.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lanier High School is 14.7. 9 high schools in the San Antonio Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lanier High School is $12,484, which is the 7th highest among 19 high schools in the San Antonio Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lanier High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lanier High School 1722nd of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See Lanier High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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San Antonio Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks San Antonio Independent School District (Isd) 811th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lanier High School

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Rank History for all students at Lanier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 25.34 1240th 1427 13.1%
2005 20.30 1257th 1429 12.0%
2006 19.10 1264th 1430 11.6%
2007 33.25 1184th 1497 20.9%
2008 34.33 1209th 1510 19.9%
2009 30.50 1288th 1539 16.3%
2010 32.57 1324th 1568 15.6%
2011 34.73 1389th 1672 16.9%
2012 19.65 1409th 1603 12.1%
2013 18.64 1443rd 1652 12.7%
2014 21.53 1469th 1734 15.3%
2015 18.69 1501st 1743 13.9%
2016 21.87 1488th 1762 15.6%
2017 10.64 1576th 1777 11.3%
2018 10.11 1609th 1797 10.5%
2019 11.10 1657th 1857 10.8%
2021 6.97 1750th 1861 6.0%
2022 8.16 1738th 1876 7.4%
2023 9.15 1765th 1961 10.0%
2024 13.82 1722nd 1987 13.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lanier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.47 767th 1113 31.1%
2019 29.37 822nd 1136 27.6%
2021 25.01 961st 1195 19.6%
2022 20.47 1085th 1278 15.1%
2023 17.47 1198th 1371 12.6%
2024 18.81 1228th 1435 14.4%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Lanier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.05 1022nd 1347 24.1%
2019 25.80 1115th 1357 17.8%
2021 24.27 1186th 1382 14.2%
2022 23.91 1224th 1418 13.7%
2023 15.94 1397th 1478 5.5%
2024 27.67 1220th 1547 21.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lanier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.03 1636th 1794 8.8%
2019 14.24 1647th 1818 9.4%
2021 9.94 1720th 1848 6.9%
2022 11.16 1696th 1847 8.2%
2023 11.91 1700th 1897 10.4%
2024 14.97 1681st 1883 10.7%
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Rank History for Migrant students at Lanier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.67 116th 131 11.5%
2019 32.21 83rd 113 26.5%
2021 12.05 92nd 97 5.2%
2022 19.76 100th 114 12.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Lanier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 8.68 1649th 1781 7.4%
2019 8.66 1654th 1798 8.0%
2021 4.89 1739th 1815 4.2%
2022 4.54 1760th 1841 4.4%
2023 6.15 1757th 1891 7.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Lanier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 3.20 1117th 1137 1.8%
2019 3.68 1123rd 1145 1.9%
2021 8.10 1116th 1177 5.2%
2022 27.71 1005th 1172 14.2%
2023 23.86 1033rd 1182 12.6%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Lanier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.38 1532nd 1784 14.1%
2019 23.20 1546th 1810 14.6%
2021 13.14 1731st 1829 5.4%
2022 14.53 1691st 1837 7.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Lanier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.57 1650th 1803 8.5%
2019 12.00 1656th 1824 9.2%
2021 8.41 1715th 1840 6.8%
2022 11.45 1665th 1853 10.1%
2023 11.10 1700th 1913 11.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Lanier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 0.04 486th 488 0.4%
2022 0.08 504th 507 0.6%
2023 1.21 507th 525 3.4%
2024 0.09 525th 529 0.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Lanier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.39 845th 1013 16.6%
2019 13.10 920th 1024 10.2%
2021 19.78 854th 1020 16.3%
2022 18.47 879th 1031 14.7%
2023 19.31 876th 1069 18.1%
2024 18.08 895th 1065 16.0%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Lanier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.36 1543rd 1691 8.8%
2019 13.27 1549th 1714 9.6%
2021 8.71 1617th 1743 7.2%
2022 9.74 1621st 1762 8.0%
2023 11.13 1627th 1820 10.6%
2024 14.26 1612th 1804 10.6%
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Rank History for White students at Lanier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.67 1373rd 1539 10.8%
2022 2.16 1485th 1525 2.6%
2023 4.20 1496th 1576 5.1%
2024 3.55 1500th 1556 3.6%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Lanier High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 18 2 1 1950 n/a n/a n/a 0 1971
1989 15 2 1 1919 0 n/a n/a 0 1937
1990 18 6 1 1838 0 n/a n/a 0 1863
1991 20 5 8 1743 0 n/a n/a 0 1776
1992 18 6 7 1686 0 n/a n/a 0 1717
1993 13 4 6 1529 0 n/a n/a 0 1552
1994 12 6 4 1496 0 n/a n/a 0 1518
1995 13 5 1 1541 1 n/a n/a 0 1561
1996 13 5 1 1541 1 n/a n/a 0 1561
1997 16 11 2 1633 1 n/a n/a 0 1663
1998 17 14 2 1701 3 n/a n/a 0 1737
1999 14 12 3 1660 1 n/a n/a 0 1690
2000 16 13 2 1692 1 n/a n/a 0 1724
2001 20 12 1 1675 0 n/a n/a 0 1708
2002 11 9 0 1569 1 n/a n/a 0 1590
2003 11 9 0 1569 1 n/a n/a 0 1590
2004 3 9 0 1470 0 n/a n/a 0 1482
2005 4 12 0 1458 0 n/a n/a 0 1474
2006 4 17 0 1387 0 n/a n/a 0 1408
2007 6 17 0 1400 0 n/a n/a 0 1423
2008 4 16 1 1438 0 n/a n/a 0 1459
2009 8 17 1 1374 0 n/a n/a 0 1400
2010 12 22 1 1315 0 n/a n/a 0 1350
2011 10 20 2 1448 2 0 1 0 1483
2012 6 26 1 1574 1 0 1 0 1609
2013 8 28 1 1605 0 0 0 0 1642
2014 10 23 7 1698 0 1 3 0 1742
2015 17 22 5 1646 5 1 3 0 1699
2016 17 14 3 1738 3 0 3 0 1778
2017 16 25 3 1831 4 0 2 0 1881
2018 25 18 3 1642 3 1 1 0 1693
2019 16 28 6 1548 2 1 4 0 1605
2020 16 21 14 1386 5 0 1 0 1443
2021 13 15 14 1360 5 0 2 0 1409
2022 13 26 16 1413 3 0 2 0 1473
2023 23 28 16 1472 4 0 4 0 1547
2024 29 35 30 1508 6 0 4 0 1612

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 Lanier High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1971 96.0 20.5 n/a
1989 1937 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1863 99.0 18.8 n/a
1991 1776 99.4 17.8 n/a
1992 1717 96.0 17.8 70.1
1993 1552 96.0 16.2 73.3
1994 1518 90.8 16.7 67.5
1995 1561 95.6 16.3 74.4
1996 1561 95.6 16.3 74.4
1997 1663 95.7 17.4 78.2
1998 1737 101.7 17.1 12.1
1999 1690 104.5 16.2 32.7
2000 1724 100.5 17.2 49.1
2001 1708 103.4 16.5 74.2
2002 1590 108.3 14.7 74.7
2003 1590 108.3 14.7 74.7
2004 1482 95.5 15.5 65.9
2005 1474 95.5 15.4 57.6
2006 1408 100.8 14.0 50.8
2007 1423 98.4 14.5 39.8
2008 1459 95.3 15.3 60.9
2009 1400 95.7 14.6 49.1
2010 1350 97.0 13.9 51.4
2011 1483 107.7 13.7 40.9
2012 1609 109.6 14.6 37.2
2013 1642 113.9 14.4 95.4
2014 1742 111.2 15.6 94.3
2015 1699 106.0 16.0 92.2
2016 1778 111.0 16.0 92.2
2017 1881 105.4 17.8 88.3
2018 1693 111.1 15.2 92.4
2019 1605 102.3 15.6 96
2020 1443 100.1 14.4 95.1
2021 1409 94.0 14.9 95
2022 1473 89.6 16.4 96.1
2023 1547 96.9 15.9 96.6
2024 1612 109.4 14.7 96.3

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 Lanier High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1971 96.0 20.5 n/a
1989 1937 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1863 99.0 18.8 n/a
1991 1776 99.4 17.8 n/a
1992 1717 96.0 17.8 70.1
1993 1552 96.0 16.2 73.3
1994 1518 90.8 16.7 67.5
1995 1561 95.6 16.3 74.4
1996 1561 95.6 16.3 74.4
1997 1663 95.7 17.4 78.2
1998 1737 101.7 17.1 12.1
1999 1690 104.5 16.2 32.7
2000 1724 100.5 17.2 49.1
2001 1708 103.4 16.5 74.2
2002 1590 108.3 14.7 74.7
2003 1590 108.3 14.7 74.7
2004 1482 95.5 15.5 65.9
2005 1474 95.5 15.4 57.6
2006 1408 100.8 14.0 50.8
2007 1423 98.4 14.5 39.8
2008 1459 95.3 15.3 60.9
2009 1400 95.7 14.6 49.1
2010 1350 97.0 13.9 51.4
2011 1483 107.7 13.7 40.9
2012 1609 109.6 14.6 37.2
2013 1642 113.9 14.4 95.4
2014 1742 111.2 15.6 94.3
2015 1699 106.0 16.0 92.2
2016 1778 111.0 16.0 92.2
2017 1881 105.4 17.8 88.3
2018 1693 111.1 15.2 92.4
2019 1605 102.3 15.6 96
2020 1443 100.1 14.4 95.1
2021 1409 94.0 14.9 95
2022 1473 89.6 16.4 96.1
2023 1547 96.9 15.9 96.6
2024 1612 109.4 14.7 96.3

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 Lanier High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,064 (18.0%) $9,382 (82.0%) $11,446
2020 $2,575 (20.6%) $9,944 (79.4%) $12,518
2021 $2,546 (20.4%) $9,938 (79.6%) $12,484

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Lanier High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1657th of 1857 High schoolsRanks 1765th of 1961 High schools
 0.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Lanier High School)3320
 13%
   End of Course Algebra I (San Antonio Independent School District (Isd))4626
 20%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (Lanier High School)2820
 8%
   End of Course Biology (San Antonio Independent School District (Isd))4240
 2%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (Lanier High School)1321
 8%
   End of Course English I Reading (San Antonio Independent School District (Isd))2735
 8%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (Lanier High School)2020
   End of Course English II Reading (San Antonio Independent School District (Isd))3237
 5%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (Lanier High School)5045
 5%
   End of Course U.S. History (San Antonio Independent School District (Isd))6049
 11%
   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 Students16051547
 3.6%
African American2828
American Indian24
 100%
Asian616
 166.7%
Hispanic15481472
 4.9%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White1623
 43.8%
Two or More Races44
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients96%96.6%
 0.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Lanier High School

Lanier High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Carvajal Elementary
Elementary : David Barkley/Francisco Ruiz Elementary
Elementary : David Crockett Academy
Elementary : De Zavala Elementary
Elementary : J T Brackenridge Elementary
Elementary : Margil Elementary
Elementary : Ogden Elementary
Elementary : Sarah S King Elementary
Middle : Rhodes Middle
Middle : Tafolla Middle

Students at Lanier High School are 94% Hispanic, 2% African American, 2% Asian, 2% White.

Lanier High School ranks in the bottom 13.3% of Texas high schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,612 students attended Lanier High School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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