📍 1310 Sam Houston, Harlingen, Cameron County, 78550
Secondary Alter Ctr is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Harlingen, Cameron County. The school has 104 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Daniel Araiza. It is part of the Harlingen Cisd school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 6.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Secondary Alter Ctr enrolls 104 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 66% male and 34% female. A teaching staff of 6.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 99 | 95% |
| White | 5 | 4.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
90 of the school's 104 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 89 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Secondary Alter Ctr is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 27, state house district 38.
Secondary Alter Ctr is one of 31 schools in HARLINGEN CISD, based in HARLINGEN, Texas. The district serves 16,471 students district-wide and employs 1,197 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 104 students, Secondary Alter Ctr is smaller than the district average of about 531 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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