Richard Milburn Academy Houston (Suburban)

Size

Of the 9 high schools in Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen), Richard Milburn Academy Houston (Suburban) is the 4th largest, with 9.8% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.4 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,328; Richard Milburn Academy Houston (Suburban) 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. As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.

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 51 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 31, against an average of 39 per grade. This year grade 12 has 29% more students than grade 9 (40 against 31). 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

The largest group is Hispanic students: 53.5% here and 67.6% across Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen). Black students are next, at 42.7%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

92.4% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 66.7% across Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen) 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 5.8 full-time-equivalent teachers for 157 students, Richard Milburn Academy Houston (Suburban) has 27.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 157 students would have about 11.2 teachers, so Richard Milburn Academy Houston (Suburban) has 5.4 fewer.

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

Location

Richard Milburn Academy Houston (Suburban) is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Richey Academy, 1 miles away in Spring ISD. Within 10 miles there are 38 other high schools, 15 of them within 5 miles.

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