Midway Alternative High School

Size

Midway Alternative High School is the smallest of Canyon ISD's 4 high schools; its 52 students are 0.4% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 12.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,112; Midway Alternative High School 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 27 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 25, against an average of 26 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 27 in grade 11 and 25 in grade 12.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 67.3% here and 59% across Canyon ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 23.1%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

42.3% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 33.2% across Canyon 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

With 6.09 full-time-equivalent teachers for 52 students, Midway Alternative High School has 8.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 52 students would have about 3.7 teachers, so Midway Alternative High School has 2.4 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

Midway Alternative High School is in a town no more than 10 miles from an urbanized area, which NCES calls town, fringe. The nearest other high school is Canyon High School, 0.2 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 3 other high schools, 2 of them within 5 miles.

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