Summary:
Zip code 77702 in Beaumont, Texas, is home to a single high school, Paul A Brown Alternative Center, which serves grades 9 through 12 as part of the Beaumont Independent School District (Isd). This is a very small alternative school with only 171 students, and it faces significant academic and behavioral challenges, as reflected in its extremely low state rankings and test scores.
The school stands out for its severe academic struggles. In the 2025-2026 school year, only 3.85% of students were proficient in Algebra I, compared to 34.48% in the district and 54.03% statewide. Across five tested subjects, the school averaged just 13.12% proficiency, while the district averaged 47.66% and the state 62.00%. The graduation rate is alarmingly low at 41.5%, and the dropout rate is a critical 24.3%—nearly six times higher than the district's 4.2%. The school consistently ranks in the bottom 1-3% of all Texas high schools, earning a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three years.
Despite spending a high $16,918 per student and maintaining a low student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1—factors typically linked to better outcomes—the results are poor, suggesting the student population has profound needs that require intensive intervention. There is a slight positive trend, with the school's state ranking percentile moving from the 1st to the 3rd percentile over three years. A glimmer of hope appears in Biology, where 33.33% of students were proficient, the school's highest score. However, the dropout crisis remains the defining issue, indicating the school is struggling to keep students on a path to a diploma.
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