| Definition of Terms |
Health Careers High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Bexar County, TX |
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| Total Students |
828 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
39% /
61% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
53 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 238 students | | Grade 10 - 231 students | | Grade 11 - 182 students | | Grade 12 - 177 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:16 |
1:14 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
18% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
43% |
37% |
| % Black |
5% |
13% |
| % White |
34% |
46% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
14% |
32% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
9% |
6% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
1% |
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| School District Name |
Northside Independent School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
95 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
78,221 students |
1,220 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$597,867,000 |
$11,313,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$696,759,000 |
$11,189,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$7,643 |
$9,273 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$8,908 |
$9,171 |
| District Graduation Rates |
87% |
97% |
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- The South Texas Medical Center (STMC) is an outpatient, medical research and educational center in South Texas.
- The Medical Center, which directly serves 38 counties, consists of forty-five medically related institutions; separate medical, dental and nursing schools, five higher educational institutions, twelve hospitals and five specialty institutions.
- The center is the largest medical center in South Texas with 4.42 million outpatient visits in 2006. The center has had a $34 Billion impact on the region.
- Staff and budget
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In 2006, 27,135 persons were directly employed at the center, and the combined budget of all entities at the South Texas Medical Center totaled $2.8 Billion.
- Research and Development
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San Antonio's Biosciences industry, employs over 100,000 people. The largest areas of research are conducted by institutes in or around the South Texas Medical Center. These include the oncology division of one of the world's top five biotechnology firms, the world's largest Phase I clinical trials program for new anti-cancer drugs, and the new $200 million Children's Cancer Research Institute. San Antonio also houses the world's largest genomics computing cluster and the state's public bank for stem cell-rich umbilical cord blood.
- According to the San Antonio Medical Foundation, at least $300 million in capital projects are currently in progress in the Medical Center and an additional $235 million worth of new projects are expected to be completed by 2009.
- Academics
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Central to the medical center is the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and its teaching hospital: The University Hospital, which is the source of employment for 12,000 people. The Audie Murphy VA Hospital, CTRC, Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas Cancer Clinic, the Children's Cancer Research Institute, Christus Santa Rosa health system, Texas Neuroscience Institute, Villa Rosa, St Luke, and 11 Methodist hospitals also have affiliated programs or projects with the UT Health Science Center. The center's latest addition (currently under completion) is the UT Medicine facility, which is also part of the UT Health Science Center.
- The University of the Incarnate Word also has a campus located in the eastern part of the South Texas Medical Center, where its optometry school is located. UIW has affiliated programs with the Christus Santa Rosa health system.
- The University of Texas at San Antonio has joint programs with UTHSCSA's GSBS and School of Allied Health Sciences.
- The Baptist School of Health Professions is also located in the South Texas Medical Center.
- UT Austin's school of pharmacy also has research facilities and staff located in the medical center.
- Also situated in the South Texas Medical Center is Health Careers High School, a health professions-based magnet school of Northside ISD that enrolls just under 1,000 students from around Bexar County.
- Gallery
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Image:GSBS UH.JPG|Central to STMC is The University of Texas Health Science Center and its teaching hospital, The University Hospital System.Image:CTRC.jpg|The Cancer Therapy & Research Center.Image:CSRHC2.JPG|The Christus Santa Rosa medical hospitals, located in the northwestern quadrant of STMC.Image:TNI STMC.JPG|The Texas Neuroscience Institute
- Member institutions
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The center consists of 45 medical institutions
[ Welcome to the South Texas Medical Center], and is responsible for the $14 Billion biomedical industry in the San Antonio area.[ See] Member institutions with facilities and offices in the center are:
- American Cancer Society
- American Heart Association
- American Surgery Center of So. TX, Ltd.
- Cancer Therapy & Research Center
- Children's Habilitation Center
- Children's Cancer Research Institute
- Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-Medical Center
- Diabetes & Glandular Disease Clinic
- Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center
- Ecumenical Center for Religion/Health
- Gastroenterology Consultants of San Antonio
- HEALTHSOUTH/RIOSA
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of S.A.
- MedCenter Imaging
- Methodist Healthcare Ministries
- Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Hospital
- Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas
- Methodist Specialty & Transplant Hospital
- Methodist Hospital
- LifeCare Hospitals - San Antonio New Plant
- Methodist Heart Hospital
- New Directions Therapy
- Northside Health Careers High School
- NISD Holmgreen Jr./Sr. High School
- NISD Pupil Appraisal Center
- Northwest Imaging Center
- Nellie M. Reddix Center
- San Antonio Warm Springs Rehab. Hospital
- San Antonio Surgery Center
- South Texas Cardiovascular Center
- South Texas Eye Institute
- South Texas Spinal Clinic, P.A.
- South Texas Veterans HCS
- Southern Texas Spinal Clinic, Physical & Occupational Therapy
- Southwest Mental Health Center
- St. Luke's Baptist Hospital
- Texas Cancer Clinic
- Unicorn Centers, Inc.
- University Health System
- University of Texas Health Science Center
- UT Medicine
- The Winston School of San Antonio
- Tri-Sun Healthcare-Babcock
- Tri-Sun Healthcare-Wurzbach
- Texas Specialty Nursing & Medical Center
- The Fredericksburg Assisted Living Centers
- Kingsley Place at The Medical Center
- Merrill Gardens at San Antonio
- Woodbridge Estates Asst. Living
- Christus Santa Rosa Med. Cntr Tower I
- Christus Santa Rosa Med. Cntr Tower II
- Christus Santa Rosa Med. Cntr Plaza
- West Gate Medical Center
- Humana Med. Center Plaza
- La Hacienda de Salud, Ltd.
- MedCentre Plaza
- Medical Center Surgery Clinic
- Medical Center Tower I & II
- The Methodist Center on Medical Drive
- Methodist Healthcare System Offices
- Methodist Plaza
- Mockingbird Plaza Tower
- Oak Hills Medical Building
- Oakdell Office Center
- Pain Products International
- Pasteur Plaza
- Physicians Plaza I
- Physicians Plaza II
- Plaza Lecea
- Pyramid Plaza
- Fresenius Medical Care
- Renal Associates
- South Texas Medical Plaza
- Texas Neuroscience Institute
- Texas Pain Institute
- See also
- Southwest Research Institute
- UTHSCSA
- Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
- Texas Medical Center
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- External sources
- South Texas Medical Center
- San Antonio Medical Foundation's listing and extended listing
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| About This Zip Code (78229) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
27,585 people |
19,677,938 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
41% |
23% |
| Population Average Age |
29 years old
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32 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.0 persons
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2.7 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$30,675
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$42,049 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
3.5 rooms |
5.1 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
30 years old |
33 years old |
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Zipcode (78229)
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| % Owning / % Renting |
16% / 84% |
63% / 37% |
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