Education Pipeline

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95.7%

Hondo high school graduation rate

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#1

R1 University of Texas-San Antonio, Highest Carnegie Classification

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20

honors/AP/early college classes at Hondo High School

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160,000

students enrolled at 16 area colleges and universities

Workforce excellence begins early in Hondo’s K-12 system. A focus on student enrichment and academic areas like STEM is combined with strategic connection between classroom and college and careers with 20 honors, AP and early college classes, including dual credit classes at Southwest Texas Junior College. The result: A graduation rate higher than the state average and engaged graduates ready to embrace the challenges of a global market.

Embedded in a learning-rich region home to 16 colleges and universities, Hondo’s comprehensive training ecosystem builds on that foundation to create skills alignment with centralized effectiveness and easy access.

South Texas Regional Training Center: One-stop ease, comprehensive service.

In addition to providing an inviting venue for meetings and other functions, STRTC operates as a one-stop hub for workforce and employers, serving as the Medina County campus of Southwest Texas Junior College and as the host of the local office of Workforce Solutions-Alamo.

  • Southwest Texas Junior College: STJC’s affordable career pathways offer abundant options including associate’s degrees for transfer and technical certifications for immediate employment, while the College’s Workforce Training and Development Division provides an aligned solution for both initial and on-going skills acquisition that supports the needs of local industry and workers.
  • Workforce Solutions-Alamo: As the local office of the Texas Workforce Solutions Network, WSA serves as a one-stop job site, connecting employers with qualified candidates. Importantly, it also works at every level of Hondo’s educational pipeline, from arranging high school student internships to working with STJC and other partners to create custom training programs. WSA also helps employers identify skill gaps and reduces training costs for upskilling current employees through the Texas Skills Enhancement Fund.


Other key players in the training and education ecosystem include:

Available at St. Phillips College in the Alamo College District, FAME’s associate’s degree program in Advanced Manufacturing Technician allows participants to complete 60 college credit hours while they are employed with a local manufacturer. That means student participants graduate with a degree and with two full years of work experience (not to mention two years of competitive wages).

Recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the Alamo District has an enrollment of 60,000 students at five Alamo Colleges across the San Antonio region, offering more than 350 degree and certification programs.

The largest university in the area, UTSA is a Carnegie-designated institution of the hightest research rank, putting it in the nation’s upper 4% in categories such as research spending and doctorates awarded. It is also one of only 21 universities in the U.S. to be designated as both R1 and a Hispanic Service Institution, and one of only six R1 universities to boast three National Centers of Academic Excellence.

The fastest growing college in the Texas A&M system, Texas A&M-San Antonio offers 37 undergraduate and 19 graduate degree programs. Seventy-three percent of the student body are first-generation college students, and the University continues to expand access with new initiatives like the Jaguar Promise program providing free tuition, fees and a textbook stipend for eligible students.

Texas Federation of Advance Manufacturing (TX-FAME): Learn and earn.

Available at St. Phillips College in the Alamo College District, FAME’s associate’s degree program in Advanced Manufacturing Technician allows participants to complete 60 college credit hours while they are employed with a local manufacturer. That means student participants graduate with a degree and with two full years of work experience (not to mention two years of competitive wages).


Alamo College District: Recognized quality.

Recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the Alamo District has an enrollment of 60,000 students at five Alamo Colleges across the San Antonio region, offering more than 350 degree and certification programs.


University of Texas-San Antonio (UTSA): Diversity and excellence in a research and development powerhouse.

The largest university in the area, UTSA is a Carnegie-designated institution of the hightest research rank, putting it in the nation’s upper 4% in categories such as research spending and doctorates awarded. It is also one of only 21 universities in the U.S. to be designated as both R1 and a Hispanic Service Institution, and one of only six R1 universities to boast three National Centers of Academic Excellence.


Texas A&M-San Antonio: Expanding access.

The fastest growing college in the Texas A&M system, Texas A&M-San Antonio offers 37 undergraduate and 19 graduate degree programs. Seventy-three percent of the student body are first-generation college students, and the University continues to expand access with new initiatives like the Jaguar Promise program providing free tuition, fees and a textbook stipend for eligible students.