📍 401 Jones Rd, Highlands, Harris County, 77562
Point Alternative Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Highlands, Harris County. The school has 105 pupils enrolled. The Principal is William Kimbel. It is part of the Goose Creek Cisd school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 11.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.9:1. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Point Alternative Center enrolls 105 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 11.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Hispanic or Latino, 27% Black or African American and 13% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 63 | 60% |
| Black or African American | 28 | 27% |
| White | 14 | 13% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
90 of the school's 105 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 85 qualify for free lunch and 5 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.
Point Alternative Center 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-20, state senate district 15, state house district 128.
Point Alternative Center is one of 34 schools in GOOSE CREEK CISD, based in BAYTOWN, Texas. The district serves 24,032 students district-wide and employs 1,681 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 105 students, Point Alternative Center is smaller than the district average of about 707 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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