Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education

Size

Of the 2 high schools in San Marcos CISD, Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education is the smallest, with 0.7% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 11.7 miles away and have a median of 1,405 students, so Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education 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 11 with 23 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 1, against an average of 14 per grade. This year grade 12 has 1,800% more students than grade 9 (19 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 85.5% of enrollment, a higher share than across San Marcos CISD (73.6%). Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

87.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 77.1% across San Marcos CISD 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

Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 55 students would have about 3.9 teachers, so Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education has about as many as that.

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 city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other high school is Hays Inspire Academy, 1.7 miles away in Inspire Academies. There are 2 high schools within 5 miles and 2 within 10 miles.

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