📍 515 e Ave D, Temple, Bell County, 76501
Wheatley Alternative Education Center is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Temple, Bell County. The school has 78 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Carl Pleasant. It is part of the Temple Isd school district. It serves grades 3–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 8.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.6:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Wheatley Alternative Education Center enrolls 78 students across grades 3–12. The student body is 71% male and 29% female. A teaching staff of 8.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Black or African American, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 14% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 40 | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 23 | 29% |
| White | 11 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 3.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
65 of the school's 78 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 63 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wheatley Alternative Education Center 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 24, state house district 55.
Wheatley Alternative Education Center is one of 16 schools in TEMPLE ISD, based in TEMPLE, Texas. The district serves 8,764 students district-wide and employs 617 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 78 students, Wheatley Alternative Education Center is smaller than the district average of about 548 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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