San Antonio State Supported Living Center
Opened in 1978, the San Antonio State Supported Living Center shares a 40-acre (160,000 m2) campus with the San Antonio State Hospital and the Texas Center for Infectious Disease. San Antonio State School serves 10 counties surrounding Bexar County.
The school has a staff of approximately 600, and is home to 300 people with mental retardation.
The average age is 45 years and the population is 59 percent male and 41 percent female.
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