Summary:
Zip code 76541 in Killeen, Texas, is home to a single high school, Richard Milburn Alter H S (Killeen), which serves grades 9 through 12 and operates as its own single-school district, Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen).
This alternative school, with an enrollment of 136 students, faces severe academic and operational challenges. The most critical issue is a graduation rate of just 24.8% paired with a dropout rate of 31.6%, meaning more students leave school without graduating than earn a diploma. Academic proficiency is drastically below state averages across all subjects: only 2.86% of students are proficient in English I Reading (compared to 55.43% statewide), 9.68% in Algebra I (state: 54.03%), and 13.33% in Biology (state: 70.51%). The school ranks in the bottom 5% of Texas high schools, at 1,911 out of 2,009. A high-poverty population is indicated by a 67.65% free/reduced lunch rate, while per-student spending is $7,969.
One relative bright spot is U.S. History, where 45% of students are proficient, though this still trails the state average of 70.17%. Year-over-year test scores show significant volatility due to the small student body—for example, Algebra I jumped from 0% to 9.68% in one year, while Biology dropped from 22.22% to 13.33%. This data paints a picture of a school in urgent need of comprehensive intervention, where the vast majority of students are not achieving grade-level skills and the dropout crisis undermines the school's core mission.
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