📍 919 Cloyd St, Magnolia, Montgomery County, 77355
ALPHA is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Magnolia, Montgomery County. The school has 59 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Patricia Horrigan. It is part of the Magnolia Isd school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 6.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1. 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.
ALPHA enrolls 59 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 6.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 6.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 35 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 6.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
34 of the school's 59 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 30 qualify for free lunch and 4 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.
ALPHA is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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-80, state senate district 4, state house district 3.
ALPHA is one of 17 schools in MAGNOLIA ISD, based in MAGNOLIA, Texas. The district serves 14,916 students district-wide and employs 947 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 59 students, ALPHA is smaller than the district average of about 877 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe