San Antonio

Best San Antonio suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·16 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Main Street in Boerne, Texas ca 1890-1900
Boerne$458k median · 25.3 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living C−Residents inactive
85
Schools score
overall 63 C+
2
Fair Oaks Ranch$658k median · 38.4 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living FResidents inactive
82
Schools score
overall 55 C−
3
Canyon Lake$389k median · 38.9 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living B−Residents inactive
82
Schools score
overall 53 C−
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I took photo on May 19, 2009.Billy Hathorn (talk) 05:07, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
New Braunfels$339k median · 27.1 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living CResidents inactive
81
Schools score
overall 65 C+
5
Lake Countdown City at night
Timberwood Park$511k median · 31.1 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living D−Residents inactive
78
Schools score
overall 60 C
6
Scenic Oaks$563k median · 27.7 min commute
Schools B−Cost of living D−Residents inactive
72
Schools score
overall 61 C
7
City Hall of Schertz, Texas, United States.
Schertz$317k median · 31.7 min commute
Schools B−Cost of living CResidents inactive
71
Schools score
overall 57 C−
8
City Hall of Cibolo, Texas, United States.
Cibolo$352k median · 29.1 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living D+Residents inactive
67
Schools score
overall 57 C−
9
Leon Valley$253k median · 27.5 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living B−Residents inactive
63
Schools score
overall 55 C−
10
City Hall of Selma, Texas, United States.
Selma$314k median · 29.8 min commute
Schools C−Cost of living CResidents inactive
56
Schools score
overall 56 C−
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Boerne (Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain); New Braunfels (Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0); Timberwood Park (Adamde2011 · CC0); Schertz (Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0); Cibolo (Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0); Selma (Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0).