DICKINSON CONTINUATION CENTER

DICKINSON CONTINUATION CENTER is a very small secondary school in DICKINSON, Texas, operated by DICKINSON ISD. The school educates 78 students in grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 90% below the state mean of about 796.

DICKINSON ISD comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 12,554 students; DICKINSON CONTINUATION CENTER is among them.

In terms of who attends, DICKINSON CONTINUATION CENTER shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment; the rest looks like 22% White, 15% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the resource side, The school lists 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DICKINSON CONTINUATION CENTER tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at DICKINSON CONTINUATION CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Galveston County put the typical household earns roughly $86,105 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. DICKINSON CONTINUATION CENTER is one of 95 public schools in Galveston County (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students).

DUNBAR MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DICKINSON CONTINUATION CENTER.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. DICKINSON CONTINUATION CENTER's enrollment has edged up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 71 (now 78). The White share of enrollment shrank from 34% to 22% over that span.

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