📍 9600 Eagle Dr, Mont Belvieu, Chambers County, 77580
Alternative School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Mont Belvieu, Chambers County. The school has 30 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Heron Thomas. It is part of the Barbers Hill Isd school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7.5:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Alternative School enrolls 30 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 90% male and 10% female. A teaching staff of 4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 7.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 40% White and 6.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 50% |
| White | 12 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 6.7% |
| Two or more races | 1 | 3.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Alternative School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 4, state house district 23.
Alternative School is one of 9 schools in BARBERS HILL ISD, based in MONT BELVIEU, Texas. The district serves 7,875 students district-wide and employs 545 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 30 students, Alternative School is smaller than the district average of about 875 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe