Youth Center of High Plains

Size

Youth Center of High Plains is the only school in Canyon ISD. Its 40 students are 0.3% of the district's 11,565. The 8 nearest schools are a median 42.4 miles away and have a median of 211 students, so Youth Center of High Plains 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 10 with 11 students, and its smallest is grade 4 with 1, against an average of 6 per grade. This year grade 11 has 900% more students than grade 4 (10 against 1). 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 45% of enrollment, a higher share than across Canyon ISD (32.5%). White students are next, at 27.5%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

7.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 33.2% across Canyon ISD and a median of 61.6% for Texas 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

Youth Center of High Plains has 8.39 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 4.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 11, a school with 40 students would have about 3.6 teachers, so Youth Center of High Plains has 4.8 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (11).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, midsize, which means it is in an urbanized area of 100,000 to 250,000 people, outside its principal city. The nearest other school is Amarillo Collegiate Academy, 2.2 miles away in Texas College Preparatory Academies. There is 1 school within 5 miles and 1 within 10 miles.

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