Desoto Alternative Education Center (daep)

Desoto Alternative Education Center (daep) runs as a small high school in DESOTO, Texas. Classes run from 6 through 12, and the school has 19 students. The average for high schools in Texas is about 796 students, so this school is 98% smaller than average.

In DESOTO ISD, 11 schools enroll a combined 5,708 students.

Desoto Alternative Education Center (daep)'s enrollment is 74% Black. The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic, 5% White, and 5% multiracial. The school's Black share is 51 points above the 22% share among Dallas County residents.

The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 47%. For comparison, public schools in Dallas County average 77%.

County data help place the school in context: in Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.

The closest public school, Amber Terrace Early Childhood Learning Center, is about 0.8 miles from Desoto Alternative Education Center (daep). Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES describes the area around Desoto Alternative Education Center (daep) as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Desoto Alternative Education Center (daep) had 2 students in 2020-21 and 19 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans.

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