📍 102 Hwy 87 W, Smiley, Guadalupe County, 78159
Marion Alternative Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Smiley, Guadalupe County. The school has 10 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Stacey Johnston. It is part of the Marion Isd school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a rural setting.
Marion Alternative Center enrolls 10 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 90% male and 10% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 20% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 50% |
| White | 3 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 2 | 20% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
7 of the school's 10 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 7 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
Marion Alternative Center is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 18, state house district 17.
Marion Alternative Center is one of 5 schools in MARION ISD, based in MARION, Texas. The district serves 1,709 students district-wide and employs 125 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 10 students, Marion Alternative Center is smaller than the district average of about 342 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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