Summary:
The 56649 zip code area is home to two high schools: Falls Secondary and Independent School District (ISD) 361 - Alternative Learning Center Program. While Falls Secondary serves a larger student population, the Alternative Learning Center Program caters to students who may have struggled in a traditional high school setting.
Falls Secondary has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, dropping from 299 in 2023-2024 to 293 in 2022-2023, before improving to 208 in 2024-2025. The school performs below the state average in math proficiency across all grades, but outperforms the state average in 10th-grade reading proficiency. Both Falls Secondary and the Alternative Learning Center Program have a 4-year graduation rate of 84.2% and a dropout rate of 4.4% for the 2023-2024 school year, which are close to the state averages.
The Alternative Learning Center Program has a much smaller enrollment of 24 students compared to the 496 students at Falls Secondary. The Alternative Learning Center Program also has a higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 45.83%, compared to 40.73% at Falls Secondary. This suggests that the schools may be serving a more economically disadvantaged student population, which could be a contributing factor to the academic performance challenges observed at Falls Secondary.
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