DEL VALLE OPPORTUNITY CTR

Set in DEL VALLE, Texas, DEL VALLE OPPORTUNITY CTR is a very small secondary school, operated by DEL VALLE ISD. It teaches 228 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 71% below the state mean of about 796.

DEL VALLE ISD comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 11,715 students; DEL VALLE OPPORTUNITY CTR is among them.

On the student-mix side, DEL VALLE OPPORTUNITY CTR shows that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 13% Black, 4% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the resource side, On paper, DEL VALLE OPPORTUNITY CTR has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Travis County put the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DEL VALLE OPPORTUNITY CTR is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

The closest other public school is DEL VALLE H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around DEL VALLE OPPORTUNITY CTR.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. DEL VALLE OPPORTUNITY CTR's enrollment has rose 11% since 2018, when it stood at 206 (now 228). Black enrollment moved from 8% to 13% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 5.5:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 today.

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