We have also provided links to the local school systems, elementary and secondary school sites, as well as public and private training programs. San Antonio's many public school districts are each independently administered and accredited by the Texas Education Agency in Austin. Every school district has an elected board and an appointed superintendent.
Funding is by state and federal funds, and by local property taxes levied by each school district.
A child will go to school in the district where his or her family lives. A child must be six years old on or before September 1st of the year he enters first grade. There is no busing of students across district boundaries. Total average daily attendance for all districts is 236,626 students. The Northside Independent School District is the largest in the San Antonio-Bexar County metro area, and the 5th largest school district in the state, with an enrollment of 63,000 students.