Georgetown Alternative Program

Size

Of the 4 high schools in Georgetown ISD, Georgetown Alternative Program is the smallest, with 0.2% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 5.3 miles away and have a median of 228 students, so Georgetown Alternative 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 10 with 11 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 1, against an average of 4 per grade. This year grade 12 has 200% more students than grade 6 (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

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 50% of enrollment, a higher share than across Georgetown ISD (45%). White students are next, at 25%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

46.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 38.5% across Georgetown 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

Georgetown Alternative Program has 7.94 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 3.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 28 students would have about 2 teachers, so Georgetown Alternative Program has 5.9 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 rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other high school is East View High School, 0.5 miles away in the same district. There are 4 high schools within 5 miles and 10 within 10 miles.

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