📍 605 W House St, Alvin, Brazoria County, 77511
RISE is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Alvin, Brazoria County. The school has 111 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marisa Whitfield. It is part of the Alvin Isd school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 12.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 50% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
RISE enrolls 111 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 12.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% White, 43% Hispanic or Latino and 6.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 52 | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 48 | 43% |
| Black or African American | 7 | 6.3% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
73 of the school's 111 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 65 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
RISE is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 11, state house district 29.
RISE is one of 33 schools in ALVIN ISD, based in ALVIN, Texas. The district serves 30,038 students district-wide and employs 1,863 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 111 students, RISE is smaller than the district average of about 910 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large