Paul a Brown Alternative Center

Size

Of the 6 high schools in Beaumont ISD, Paul a Brown Alternative Center is the 4th largest, with 1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 3 miles away and have a median of 167 students, so Paul a Brown Alternative Center is close to their typical size.

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 9 with 72 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 23, against an average of 43 per grade. This year grade 12 has 68% fewer students than grade 9 (23 against 72). 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

Black students are the largest group, at 64.3% of enrollment, a higher share than across Beaumont ISD (60.7%). Hispanic students are next, at 27.5%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

94.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 82.8% across Beaumont ISD 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

Paul a Brown Alternative Center has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 171 students would have about 12.2 teachers, so Paul a Brown Alternative Center has 2.8 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 city, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other high school is Beaumont ISD Early College High School, 1.6 miles away in the same district. There are 6 high schools within 5 miles and 10 within 10 miles.

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