Alternative School
Public high school in Mont Belvieu, Texas · Barbers Hill ISD · Grades 7–12
Alternative School serves 29 students in grades 7–12 in Mont Belvieu (Chambers County). It is one of 9 schools in Barbers Hill ISD. By enrollment it is the 1806th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 7.3 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 4 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| District | Barbers Hill ISD |
| County | Chambers County |
| Area type | Town, fringe |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 480945011547 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Barbers Hill ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 29 | 7,875 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 7.3 | 13.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | 31.3% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 8% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Alternative School in context
Size
Of the 2 high schools in Barbers Hill ISD, Alternative School is the smallest, with 0.4% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 8.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,172; Alternative School 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 10 with 8 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 1, against an average of 5 per grade. This year grade 12 has 200% more students than grade 7 (3 against 1). 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
The largest group is Hispanic students: 55.2% here and 32.1% across Barbers Hill ISD. White students are next, at 31%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
It does not take part in the National School Lunch Program.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 4 full-time-equivalent teachers for 29 students, Alternative School has 7.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 29 students would have about 2.1 teachers, so Alternative School has 1.9 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Alternative School is in a town no more than 10 miles from an urbanized area, which NCES calls town, fringe. Barbers Hill High School (in the same district) is listed at the same location. Within 10 miles there are 5 other high schools, 1 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 55.2% |
| White | 31% |
| Black | 10.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |
37.9% of students are girls and 62.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 1 |
| Grade 8 | 5 |
| Grade 9 | 7 |
| Grade 10 | 8 |
| Grade 11 | 5 |
| Grade 12 | 3 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
9600 Eagle Dr., Mont Belvieu, TX 77580
Phone: (281)576-2221
Website: bhisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Alternative School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill High School | Barbers Hill ISD | 0.0 mi | 2,222 | 14.5 | – |
| Goose Creek Memorial | Goose Creek CISD | 7.2 mi | 2,335 | 16.1 | 65.5% |
| Sterling High School | Goose Creek CISD | 8.6 mi | 2,150 | 16.6 | 71% |
| High Point School | Goose Creek CISD | 8.7 mi | 19 | – | 68.4% |
| Stuart Career Technical High School | Goose Creek CISD | 9.1 mi | 597 | 15.8 | 73.5% |
| Peter E Hyland Center | Goose Creek CISD | 10.4 mi | 107 | 7.9 | 84.1% |
| Impact Early College High School | Goose Creek CISD | 10.9 mi | 413 | 24.4 | 64.4% |
| Lee High School | Goose Creek CISD | 11.2 mi | 1,747 | 14.7 | 74.1% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Barbers Hill ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill El North | Elementary | 1–3 | 835 |
| Barbers Hill El South | Elementary | 1–3 | 891 |
| Barbers Hill High School | High | 9–12 | 2,222 |
| Barbers Hill Intermediate North | Middle | 4–6 | 924 |
| Barbers Hill Intermediate South | Middle | 4–6 | 972 |
| Barbers Hill Middle North | Middle | 7–8 | 570 |
| Barbers Hill Middle South | Middle | 7–8 | 587 |
| Early Childhood Center | Elementary | Pre-K–K | 845 |