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Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock

Public, Charter Grades 9-12
1961st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,009 Texas High Schools
Better than 2% of Texas high schools
Summary

Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock is a small alternative high school in Lubbock, TX, serving 155 students in grades 9-12, and it operates under the Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen) district, which ranks near the bottom of Texas school districts.

The most critical concern for parents is the school's extremely low graduation rate of just 22.5% for the 2023-2024 school year. This is dramatically lower than nearby schools like Talkington School For Young Women Leaders (97.7%), Coronado High School (89.6%), and Monterey High School (86.9%). Even other alternative schools in the area, such as Dupre Academy High School, have a graduation rate of 73.6%—over three times higher. The dropout rate at Richard Milburn Academy is 18.7%, nearly ten times higher than traditional Lubbock ISD high schools. Academic performance is also critically low, with proficiency rates in core subjects like Algebra I (3.7%) and English I (8.9%) far below state averages of 54% and 55.4%, respectively.

While the school serves a highly at-risk student population, nearby alternative schools in the same geographic cluster—including Premier H S - Lubbock (Briercroft) and Triumph Public High Schools-Lubbock—also struggle with low rankings and high dropout rates. However, Richard Milburn Academy's outcomes are notably worse. The only relative bright spot is in U.S. History, where proficiency reached 24% in 2025-2026, and recent data shows slight improvement for African American and Special Education students, though overall performance remains in the bottom 2-6% of Texas high schools.

155
Students ?
21.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$10,881
Per pupil spending ?
81.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2333 50th St
       Lubbock, TX  79412

(806) 740-0811

District: Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
77.4%
White:
11.6%
African American:
8.4%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 2nd percentile in 2017 → 2nd in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (11% vs 62% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!Biology scores 61 pts below the Texas average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school11%
District avg10%
Texas avg62%
1,961st of 2,009
Texas public high schools ?
Bottom 2%▲ up 1 pts since 2017
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SchoolDigger rating ?
7th of 9High Schools in the Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)
942nd of 951Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen) among Texas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20262.51961 of 20092.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.01917 of 19742.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.11890 of 19905.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.81914 of 19612.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.51821 of 18762.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.71753 of 18615.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.81772 of 18574.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.01734 of 17973.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20173.81749 of 17771.6%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202614.3945 of 108613.0%★☆☆☆☆
20243.61056 of 10650.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.11040 of 10692.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.0988 of 10314.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.01020 of 10240.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.3953 of 10135.9%☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202210.11768 of 18373.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.61608 of 182912.1%★☆☆☆☆
201911.51730 of 18104.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.11742 of 17842.4%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20256.51120 of 11532.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.81345 of 14376.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20262.51862 of 19363.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20252.21483 of 15041.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.11824 of 18803.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20231.81852 of 18912.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.41776 of 18413.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.11749 of 18153.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.41750 of 17982.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.21731 of 17812.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20262.61811 of 18602.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.51425 of 14531.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.41722 of 18054.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.41770 of 18202.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.71712 of 17622.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.41631 of 17436.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.71650 of 17143.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.21635 of 16913.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20263.01889 of 19372.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.71487 of 15131.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.31823 of 18843.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.11863 of 18971.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.11795 of 18472.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.51696 of 18488.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.01747 of 18183.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.61761 of 17941.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20263.11894 of 19543.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.01488 of 15151.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.21805 of 18914.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.91850 of 19133.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.71809 of 18532.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.61648 of 184010.4%★☆☆☆☆
20195.61746 of 18244.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.71758 of 18032.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202620.21404 of 158111.2%★☆☆☆☆
20259.51266 of 12992.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.21420 of 15488.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202318.31364 of 14787.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.51335 of 14185.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202119.31272 of 13828.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.81292 of 13574.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201824.51143 of 134715.1%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20262.11517 of 15844.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20252.31262 of 12942.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20241.11536 of 15561.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.51348 of 157614.5%★☆☆☆☆
20221.41498 of 15251.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.71384 of 15108.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.41382 of 15269.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20181.91500 of 15392.5%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
African American (2026)13th percentile+11 vs school
Special Education (2026)11th percentile+9 vs school
White (2026)4th percentile~ school
Female (2026)4th percentile~ school
At Risk (2022)4th percentile~ school
Male (2026)3rd percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)2nd percentile~ school
By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?
U.S. History24%-46 vs state
English II Reading11%-48 vs state
Biology9%-61 vs state
English I Reading9%-47 vs state
Algebra I4%-50 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 155 students attended Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock.

Students at Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock are 77% Hispanic, 12% White, 8% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock ranks in the bottom 2.4% of Texas high schools.


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2025–26 STAAR, STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 12, 2026
2021–22 through 2023–24 school spending dataJan 10, 2026
2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesSep 17, 2025
2024–25 STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 23, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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