High · Texas

Alternative Center

AlternativeFree meals for all

Alternative Center, a public high school in San Antonio, Texas: grades 6–11, 27 students, 5.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Edgewood ISD.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
27
Teachers (FTE)
5.0
Students per teacher
5.4
Grades
6–11
High

Fewer students per teacher than 94% of high schools in Texas

Median 13.8 · 1,941 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 96% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 85% of high schools in Texas

Median 365 · 2,123 schools compared

Smaller than 93% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Texas: 54%

0.0%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 96% of high schools in Texas

Median 53% · 314 high schools compared

7 students tested, grades 7 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Texas: 42%

0.0%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 88% of high schools in Texas

Median 34% · 308 high schools compared

7 students tested, grades 7 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 6–11
Type
District school · Alternative
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Edgewood ISD.

Location

Address
607 SW 34TH St, San Antonio, TX 78237
Phone
(210)898-4200
City or town
San Antonio

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

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9–1224011.0——
6–1274317.857%50%
Burleson CenterCharterSpecial educationFree meals for all
123737.0——
Memorial H SFree meals for all
9–1284614.7——
John F Kennedy H SFree meals for all
9–1299815.7——
LEARN4LIFECharterAlternativeFree meals for all
9–12224———

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 481815008442