📍 436 S W Loop 456, Jacksonville, Cherokee County, 75766
Compass Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Jacksonville, Cherokee County. The school has 17 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Erica Gresham. It is part of the Jacksonville Isd school district. It serves grades 5–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 4.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 3.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Compass Center enrolls 17 students across grades 5–12. The student body is 76% male and 24% female. A teaching staff of 4.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 3.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Black or African American, 35% Hispanic or Latino and 12% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 7 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 35% |
| White | 2 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 12% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
17 of the school's 17 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 17 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.
Compass Center is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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-60, state senate district 3, state house district 11.
Compass Center is one of 8 schools in JACKSONVILLE ISD, based in JACKSONVILLE, Texas. The district serves 4,700 students district-wide and employs 353 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 17 students, Compass Center is smaller than the district average of about 588 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant