Alief Learning Center (6-12)

Size

Of the 7 high schools in Alief ISD, Alief Learning Center (6-12) is the 6th largest, with 0.4% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 2.1 miles away and have a median of 870 students, so Alief Learning Center (6-12) is smaller than most of them.

NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 9 with 50 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 4, against an average of 20 per grade. This year grade 12 has 64% fewer students than grade 6 (4 against 11). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 75% of enrollment, a higher share than across Alief ISD (63.2%). Black students are next, at 20%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

83.6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 86.4% across Alief ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Alief Learning Center (6-12) has 42.68 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 3.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 140 students would have about 10 teachers, so Alief Learning Center (6-12) has 32.7 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other high school is Hastings High School, 1 miles away in the same district. There are 20 high schools within 5 miles and 50 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.