Public schools in Alice, TX

Alice has 7 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, enrolling 4,535 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Alice ISD runs 6 of them.

The 2 districts and agencies that run Alice's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in AliceDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Alice ISD64,506$12,993
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco ISD1494$13,190

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Alice, 1,295 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Alice High School1,29518.286.3%Alice ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Alice, 933 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Adams Middle93320.886.3%Alice ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 elementary schools in Alice, 2,307 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Schallert Elementary59224.183.8%Alice ISD
Noonan Elementary52319.192.9%Alice ISD
Dubose Elementary48319.695.0%Alice ISD
Saenz Elementary47120.894.5%Alice ISD
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Elementary23812.287.8%Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Alice's public schools compare with Texas's

The median Alice school has 19.6 students per full-time teacher, more than the Texas median of 14.5. 86% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 70% across the state. Its median school enrolls 523 students (state 507).

Alice against Texas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
AliceTexas
Median students per teacher19.614.5
Median school size (students)523507
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)86%70%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)86%52%
Charter schools0%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 7 Alice schools and the 8,846 Texas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Alice

  1. Alice ISDRuns 6 of Alice's 7 public schools and spent $12,993 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,993
  2. Alice High School, the largest high school in Alice1,295 students in 2024-25, 18.2 per teacher.1,295
  3. Compare Alice ISD with Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco ISDAlice's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TexasTexas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an Alice addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Texas

  1. Houston759 schools
  2. San Antonio521 schools
  3. Dallas352 schools
  4. Austin258 schools
  5. Fort Worth257 schools
  6. El Paso213 schools
  7. Arlington102 schools
  8. Corpus Christi90 schools

Questions about schools in Alice

  1. How many public schools are in Alice, TX?
    7 public schools with an address in Alice were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, enrolling 4,535 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Alice?
    Alice High School, with 1,295 students in 2024-25 (Alice ISD).
  3. Which districts run Alice's schools?
    Alice ISD (6 schools), Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco ISD (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25