📍 607 Sw 34th St, San Antonio, Bexar County, 78237
Alternative Center is an Alternative/PRU serving middle age pupils, located in San Antonio, Bexar County. The school has 12 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sandra Cantu. It is part of the Edgewood Isd school district. It serves grades 6–10 in an urban setting. The school employs 4.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 2.6:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Alternative Center enrolls 12 students across grades 6–10. The student body is 75% male and 25% female. A teaching staff of 4.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 2.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Hispanic or Latino and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 83% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 17% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
5 of the school's 12 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 5 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Alternative Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 26, state house district 125.
Alternative Center is one of 27 schools in EDGEWOOD ISD, based in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The district serves 7,849 students district-wide and employs 557 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 12 students, Alternative Center is smaller than the district average of about 291 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large