District Alternative Education Program

Size

District Alternative Education Program is the smallest of Belton ISD's 4 high schools; its 46 students are 0.3% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 6.3 miles away and have a median of 658 students, so District Alternative Education Program 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 14 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 3, against an average of 8 per grade. This year grade 12 has 50% fewer students than grade 7 (3 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

White students are the largest group, at 41.3% of enrollment, a lower share than across Belton ISD (46%). Hispanic students are next, at 37%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

65.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 42% across Belton 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

District Alternative Education Program has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 4.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 46 students would have about 3.3 teachers, so District Alternative Education Program has 6.7 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 suburb, midsize, which means it is in an urbanized area of 100,000 to 250,000 people, outside its principal city. Belton New Technical H S at Waskow (in the same district) is listed at the same location. There are 3 high schools within 5 miles and 8 within 10 miles.

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