VALOR SOUTH AUSTIN
AUSTIN · TX · VALOR EDUCATION · Public charter · K-12 combined
📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How VALOR SOUTH AUSTIN compares for families
What families should know about VALOR SOUTH AUSTIN.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: WAYSIDE SCI-TECH MIDDLE AND H S, TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - AUSTIN and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
The University of Texas at Austin
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,857/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
💰 Pay for college in Texas
Texas's public scholarships
Texas families have two big levers: a guaranteed-admission rule for the top of each graduating class, and the need-based TEXAS Grant that pairs with it. Class rank does more here than almost anywhere.
Graduate in the top 10% of your Texas public-HS class and finish the required curriculum for automatic admission to TX public universities (UT Austin caps at the top 5%). (Must finish the required college-prep curriculum (Distinguished plan).)
Official program details ↗Texas's flagship need-based grant — no GPA gate to qualify (a 3.0 or top-third rank just gives priority when funds run short). (Enroll within 16 months of HS, ≥¾ time, in a bachelor's program.)
Official program details ↗Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan plus a 3.0 GPA and an 80th-percentile test (or top-10% rank) for a TEXAS Grant-sized scholarship. (Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +24.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,364 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $10,809 per student in district revenue, the 2,679 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $28,957,311/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAYSIDE SCI-TECH MIDDLE AND H S AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 7.4 | 236 | -4.5% |
| TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AUSTIN |
Public | 10.0 | 229 | +0.0% |
| HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - AUSTIN AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 8.8 | 282 | -1.1% |
| IDEA BLUFF SPRINGS COLLEGE PREPARATORY AUSTIN |
Public · charter | 7.3 | 327 | +31.3% |
| LIVE OAK ACADEMY BUDA |
Public | 10.1 | 184 | -29.5% |
| GARZA INDEPENDENCE H S AUSTIN |
Public | 12.2 | 199 | +27.6% |
| DEL VALLE OPPORTUNITY CTR DEL VALLE |
Public | 16.5 | 228 | +34.1% |
| IDEA KYLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY KYLE |
Public · charter | 12.4 | 320 | +175.9% |