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ALICE H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ALICE H S
Located at # 1 COYOTE TRL, in ALICE, Texas, ALICE H S is a sizable senior high that educates 1,295 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within ALICE ISD. That puts it 63% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
ALICE ISD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,297 students. ALICE H S is one of those campuses.
Demographically, ALICE H S lists that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 5% White. By comparison, Jim Wells County as a whole is about 80% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, ALICE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.2%, the actual is 38.0%, a residual of +1.8 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Jim Wells County put the typical household earns roughly $51,896 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. In all, Jim Wells County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,302 students), of which ALICE H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: ADAMS MIDDLE, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around ALICE H S. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALICE H S ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.7%.
ALICE H S operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ALICE H S has remained close to its prior level, going from 1,314 students in 2018 to 1,295 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for ALICE H S typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Jim Wells County at a glance
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