Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock

Size

Of the 9 high schools in Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen), Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock is the 5th largest, with 9.6% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 1.5 miles away with a median enrollment of 140; Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock 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. 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 10 with 56 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 21, against an average of 39 per grade. This year grade 12 has 53% fewer students than grade 9 (21 against 45). 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: 77.4% here and 67.6% across Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen). White students are next, at 11.6%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

81.3% 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 7.38 full-time-equivalent teachers for 155 students, Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock has 21 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 155 students would have about 11.1 teachers, so Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock has 3.7 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 Lubbock is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Premier H S - Lubbock (Briercroft), 0.8 miles away in Premier High Schools. Within 10 miles there are 15 other high schools, 11 of them within 5 miles.

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