San Antonio

==Education==
{{Main|Education in San Antonio}}

===Higher education===
[[File:UTSA Entrance Sign.JPG|alt=UTSA|thumb|The [[University of Texas at San Antonio]]]]
San Antonio hosts over 100,000 students in its 31 higher-education institutions. Publicly supported schools include [[University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio|UT Health San Antonio]], the [[University of Texas at San Antonio]], [[Texas A&M University–San Antonio]], [[Troy University|Troy University-San Antonio Student Support Center]], and the [[Alamo Community College District]]. The University of Texas at San Antonio is San Antonio's largest university.

[[File:Trinity University (Texas).jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.15|[[Trinity University (Texas)|Trinity University]]]]
Private universities include [[Trinity University (Texas)|Trinity University]], [[St. Mary's University, Texas|St. Mary's University]], [[Our Lady of the Lake University]], [[University of the Incarnate Word]], [[Webster University]], [[Baptist University of the Américas]], [[Hallmark University]], [[Oblate School of Theology]], [[ECPI University]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Antonio Texas {{!}} ECPI University |url=https://www.ecpi.edu/locations/san-antonio-tx |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=www.ecpi.edu}}</ref> and the Southwest School of Art, which enrolled its first BFA class in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 15, 2014|title=The Southwest School of Art to Welcome First BFA Class|url=https://glasstire.com/2014/08/15/the-southwest-school-of-art-to-welcome-first-bfa-class/|access-date=December 14, 2020|website=Glasstire|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kegley|first=Tami|date=July 19, 2014|title=Southwest School of Art 2014 All School Exhibition Opens|url=https://sanantonioreport.org/ssa-2014-school-exhibition/|access-date=December 14, 2020|website=San Antonio Report|language=en-US}}</ref> The [[San Antonio Public Library]] serves all of these institutions along with the 19 independent school districts within the Bexar County and Greater San Antonio metropolitan area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bexarcountytexas.us/schooldistrict.htm |title=Bexar County School Districts |publisher=Bexarcountytexas.us |date=March 30, 2008 |access-date=April 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230233540/http://www.bexarcountytexas.us/schooldistrict.htm |archive-date=December 30, 2012 }}</ref> San Antonio is also home to a campus of [[The Culinary Institute of America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodandwine.com/travel/united-states/san-antonio-unesco-culinary-food-destination|title=This Texas City Is America's Next Great Culinary Destination|website=Foodandwine.com}}</ref>

The [[National Autonomous University of Mexico]] (UNAM), one of Latin America's most prestigious universities, has a campus in San Antonio.<ref>unamsa.edu</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/universidad-nacional-autonoma-de-mexico-in-san-antonio | title=Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in San Antonio }}</ref>

===Primary and secondary education===
The city of San Antonio is also served by the following separate [[independent school districts]] (ISDs) which each encompass elementary, middle, and high schools:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48029_bexar/DC20SD_C48029.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bexar County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2022-06-26}} – Compare the outline of San Antonio's city limits to the district boundaries.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48325_medina/DC20SD_C48325.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Medina County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2022-06-26}} – Compare the outline of San Antonio's city limits to the district boundaries.</ref>
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* [[Alamo Heights Independent School District|Alamo Heights]]
* [[East Central Independent School District|East Central]]
* [[Edgewood Independent School District (Bexar County, Texas)|Edgewood]]
* [[Fort Sam Houston Independent School District|Fort Sam Houston]]
* [[Harlandale Independent School District|Harlandale]]
* [[Judson Independent School District|Judson]]
* [[North East Independent School District|North East]]
* [[Northside Independent School District|Northside]]
* [[San Antonio Independent School District|San Antonio]]
* [[South San Antonio Independent School District|South San Antonio]]
* [[Southside Independent School District|Southside]]
* [[Southwest Independent School District|Southwest]]
* [[Somerset Independent School District|Somerset]]
* [[Comal Independent School District|Comal]]
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Additionally the following school districts do not cover the San Antonio city limits but have locations which use San Antonio postal addresses:
* [[Lackland Independent School District|Lackland]]

The city is home to more than 30 private schools and [[charter schools]]. The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio]] operates parochial Catholic schools in San Antonio. San Antonio's private and charter schools include: [[Keystone School]], [[St. Gerard Catholic High School]], [[Central Catholic Marianist High School]], [[Incarnate Word High School (San Antonio, Texas)|Incarnate Word High School]], [[St. Mary's Hall (San Antonio)|Saint Mary's Hall]], [[The Atonement Academy]], [[Antonian College Preparatory High School]], [[San Antonio Academy]], [[Holy Cross High School (San Antonio, Texas)|Holy Cross High School]], [[Providence High School (San Antonio)|Providence High School]], [[The Carver Academy]], [[Keystone School]], [[TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas]], [[St. Anthony Catholic High School]], [[Lutheran High School of San Antonio]], and [[Harmony Science Academy]] (School of Science and Technology).

===Military===
San Antonio is home to U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training (AFBMT).<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training|url=https://www.basictraining.af.mil/units/|access-date=December 14, 2020|website=www.basictraining.af.mil}}</ref> The Air Force only has one location for enlisted basic training: the 737th Training Group, at [[Lackland Air Force Base]]. All new Air Force recruits go through the same basic training at Lackland. Each year, over 35,000 new recruits go through AFBMT. In addition, METC (the Military Education and Training Campus), which provides the medical training for the U.S. military at [[Fort Sam Houston]], hosts 30 programs and over 24,000 annual graduates. It is the largest medical education center in the world.