Fort Bend County Alternative
Public high school in Rosharon, Texas · Fort Bend ISD · Grades 9–11
Fort Bend County Alternative serves 15 students in grades 9–11 in Rosharon (Fort Bend County). It is one of 82 schools in Fort Bend ISD. By enrollment it is the 1871st largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 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 ÷ 5 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Fort Bend ISD calendar 2026–2027
Fort Bend County Alternative follows the district calendar. First day Tue, Aug 11. Spring break Mon, Mar 8 – Fri, Mar 12. Last day Wed, May 26.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–11 |
| District | Fort Bend ISD |
| County | Fort Bend County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | Not in the National School Lunch Program |
| NCES school ID | 481965007605 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Fort Bend ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 15 | 79,663 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 3 | 16.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | 47.5% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 1% 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.
Fort Bend County Alternative in context
Size
Fort Bend County Alternative is the smallest of Fort Bend ISD's 14 high schools; its 15 students are 0% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 3.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,840; Fort Bend County Alternative 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 11 with 3, against an average of 5 per grade. This year grade 11 has 25% fewer students than grade 9 (3 against 4). 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 Black students: 73.3% here and 27.9% across Fort Bend ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 20%.
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 5 full-time-equivalent teachers for 15 students, Fort Bend County Alternative has 3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 15 students would have about 1.1 teachers, so Fort Bend County Alternative has 3.9 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Fort Bend County Alternative is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. Fort Bend County Alternative (in Lamar CISD) is listed at the same location. Within 10 miles there are 12 other high schools, 6 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 73.3% |
| Hispanic | 20% |
| White | 6.7% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 4 |
| Grade 10 | 8 |
| Grade 11 | 3 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
400 Coen Rd, Rosharon, TX 77583
Phone: (281)327-6000
Website: fortbendisd.com
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Fort Bend County Alternative. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Bend County Alternative | Lamar CISD | 0.0 mi | 12 | 3 | 83.3% |
| Lamar Cons High School | Lamar CISD | 0.8 mi | 1,714 | 18 | 57.4% |
| B F Terry High School | Lamar CISD | 1.6 mi | 1,512 | 17.7 | 66% |
| Juvenile Detent Center | Lamar CISD | 2.6 mi | 49 | 10.2 | 69.4% |
| Foster High School | Lamar CISD | 4.7 mi | 2,747 | 21.8 | 33.3% |
| Dr. Thomas E Randle High School | Lamar CISD | 4.9 mi | 1,966 | 20.8 | 45.3% |
| George Ranch High School | Lamar CISD | 6.8 mi | 2,337 | 20.7 | 26.8% |
| William B Travis High School | Fort Bend ISD | 7.8 mi | 3,114 | 18.8 | 37.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.