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Southwest High School
Location
Map
11914 Dragon Lane

San Antonio
,
Bexar County
,
Texas
78252

United States

29°18′30″N 98°40′24″W / 29.308202°N 98.673407°W / 29.308202; -98.673407
Information
School typePublic high school
MottoWe are Southwest!
Established1951
School district
Southwest Independent School District
NCES School ID
484095004658[1]
Principal
Amanda Wagner
Teaching staff
139.55 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,200[1] (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio
15.76[1]
Colors    Green & White
Athletics conference
UIL Class AAAAAA
MascotDragons
WebsiteSouthwest High School website
Southwest High School front entrance

Southwest High School is a 6A public high school in the Southwest Independent School District of San Antonio, Texas, USA. For the 2024–25 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]

History

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Southwest High School has been serving southwestern Bexar County for over 68 years. Established in 1951, it has grown from a small rural high school with a graduating class of 11 students to a major 6A high school with over 2,000 students.

Organizations

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The Dragons participate in UIL District 28 6A competitions for Academic Team, Athletics, Band, Drama, Choir, Color Guard, and Dance. Other co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities include NJROTC, National Honor Society, Best Buddies, Student Council, FFA, TAFE, DECA, Skills USA, FCCLA, and Academic Decathlon along with a FIRST Robotics program.

Athletics

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The Southwest Dragons compete in the following sports:[3]

Academics

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Southwest High School offers a complete academic program including 18 dual credit classes, in association with Palo Alto College, as well as Advanced Placement classes in Science and English.

Notable alumni

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  • Ty Detmer, Heisman Trophy winning quarterback who played in the National Football League for twelve seasons[4]
  • Chris Bordano, former American football linebacker in the National Football League[5]
  • Shea Serrano, New York Times bestselling author and writer.
  • Destinee Hooker, 2012 summer Olympic volleyball athlete for Team USA. She won silver medal, but got best Spiker award for the 2012 summer Olympics.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - Southwest High School (484095004658)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  2. ↑ "TEA". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ↑ The Athletics Department
  4. ↑ "Ty Hubert Detmer". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Chris Bordano". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
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