Point Alternative Center
Public high school, grades 6 to 12 · Highlands, Texas
Point Alternative Center in Highlands, Texas enrolled 96 students in 2024-25 with 12.0 full-time teachers, 8.0 students per teacher against the Texas high-school median of 14.0. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 9% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 2%
105 students in 2022-23, 101 students in 2023-24, 96 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 11.7 to 12.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 105 | 11.7 | 9.0 |
| 2023-24 | 101 | 13.6 | 7.4 |
| 2024-25 | 96 | 12.0 | 8.0 |
8.0 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 90 of every 100 Texas high schools
Among the 1,824 Texas high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 14.0; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 88 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Point Alternative Center enrolled 88 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 14 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 88 of the 88 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions14
- Chronically absentnot reported for this school
Who attends
56.3% of students were Hispanic, 25.0% Black, 15.6% White in 2024-25.
- Hispanic56.3%
- Black25.0%
- White15.6%
- Two or more races2.1%
- American Indian1.0%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
What to look at next about Point Alternative Center
- High Point SchoolThe nearest public high school, 3.7 miles away: 19 students (2024-25).3.7 mi
- Channelview High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 4.3 miles away: 2,917 students, 17.5 per teacher (2024-25).4.3 mi
- Compare Point Alternative Center with High Point SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Goose Creek CISD spends per student$12,521 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,521
- The largest public schools in TexasPoint Alternative Center is the number 1,588 by size of 2,039 Texas high schools open in 2024-25.#1,588 of 2,039
- Texas schools by students per teacher8.0 students per teacher here against the Texas median of 14.0 for high schools.8.0:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Point Alternative Center
How many students attend Point Alternative Center?
96 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 105 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Highlands, TX.What is the student-teacher ratio at Point Alternative Center?
8.0 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Texas median for high schools is 14.0. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Point Alternative Center a Title I school?
Point Alternative Center was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Point Alternative Center in?
Goose Creek CISD, NCES district ID 4821150. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 482115008605 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.