📍 2314 Old Alvin Rd, Pearland, Brazoria County, 77581
Pace Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Pearland, Brazoria County. The school has 94 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kimberly Darden. It is part of the Pearland Isd school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.0:1.
Pace Center enrolls 94 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 41% male and 59% female. A teaching staff of 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 13% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 48 | 51% |
| White | 28 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 12 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 3.2% |
| Asian | 2 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
57 of the school's 94 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 49 qualify for free lunch and 8 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.
Pace 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 11, state house district 29.
Pace Center is one of 24 schools in PEARLAND ISD, based in PEARLAND, Texas. The district serves 20,862 students district-wide and employs 1,282 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 94 students, Pace Center is smaller than the district average of about 869 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large