DAEP
Public high school in Eagle Pass, Texas · Eagle Pass ISD · Grades 7–12
DAEP serves 41 students in grades 7–12 in Eagle Pass (Maverick County). It is one of 24 schools in Eagle Pass ISD. By enrollment it is the 1766th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 10.3 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 | Eagle Pass ISD |
| County | Maverick County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481773007032 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Eagle Pass ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 41 | 13,820 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 10.3 | 17.9 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 95.1% | 78.3% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 23% 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.
DAEP in context
Size
DAEP is the smallest of Eagle Pass ISD's 3 high schools; its 41 students are 0.3% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 41.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 535; DAEP 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 13 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 5, against an average of 7 per grade. This year grade 12 has 17% fewer students than grade 7 (5 against 6). 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: 97.6% here and 97.1% across Eagle Pass ISD.
95.1% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 78.3% across Eagle Pass ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
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 41 students, DAEP has 10.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 41 students would have about 2.9 teachers, so DAEP has 1.1 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
DAEP is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other high school is Eagle Pass High School, 0.7 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 2 other high schools, 2 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 | 97.6% |
| White | 2.4% |
34.1% of students are girls and 65.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 6 |
| Grade 8 | 5 |
| Grade 9 | 13 |
| Grade 10 | 5 |
| Grade 11 | 7 |
| Grade 12 | 5 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1610 Del Rio Blvd, Eagle Pass, TX 78852
Phone: (830)758-7193
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: DAEP. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Pass High School | Eagle Pass ISD | 0.7 mi | 2,326 | 18.7 | 68.2% |
| C C Winn High School | Eagle Pass ISD | 3.0 mi | 1,878 | 17 | 81.7% |
| Crystal City High School | Crystal City ISD | 41.0 mi | 505 | 16.3 | 74.7% |
| Brackett High School | Brackett ISD | 41.2 mi | 165 | 8.6 | 56.4% |
| Carrizo Springs High School | Carrizo Springs CISD | 42.0 mi | 565 | 13.6 | 72.9% |
| La Pryor Secondary | La Pryor ISD | 42.5 mi | 244 | 13 | 86.1% |
| Blended Academy | San Felipe-Del Rio CISD | 50.2 mi | 127 | 13.7 | 90.6% |
| Del Rio High School | San Felipe-Del Rio CISD | 52.3 mi | 2,447 | 21.3 | 69.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.