Safe Haven

Size

Safe Haven is the 11th largest of University of Texas University Charter School's 13 high schools; its 12 students are 2% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 17.9 miles away and have a median of 720 students, so Safe Haven 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 6 with 3 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 1, against an average of 2 per grade. This year grade 11 has 67% fewer students than grade 6 (1 against 3). 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 41.7% of enrollment, a higher share than across University of Texas University Charter School (36.3%). White students are next, at 33.3%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

It does not take part in the National School Lunch Program.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Safe Haven has 2.93 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 4.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 12 students would have about 0.9 teachers, so Safe Haven has 2 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 rural, distant, which means it is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town. The nearest other high school is Hempstead High School, 7.4 miles away in Hempstead ISD. There are 0 high schools within 5 miles and 1 within 10 miles.

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