Pace Center

Size

Of the 4 high schools in Pearland ISD, Pace Center is the smallest, with 0.5% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 4.5 miles away and have a median of 1,137 students, so Pace Center 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 40 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 16, against an average of 32 per grade. This year grade 12 has 150% more students than grade 10 (40 against 16). 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 52.1% of enrollment, a higher share than across Pearland ISD (39.6%). White students are next, at 28.1%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

64.6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 36.8% across Pearland 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

Pace Center has 16.02 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 6 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 96 students would have about 6.9 teachers, so Pace Center has 9.1 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, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other high school is Pearland High School, 1.8 miles away in the same district. There are 6 high schools within 5 miles and 34 within 10 miles.

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