EL ALTER LEARNING CENTER

EL ALTER LEARNING CENTER, a very small elementary campus in KILLEEN, Texas, one of the schools within KILLEEN ISD, works with 13 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 97% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 55 schools in KILLEEN ISD (42,883 students total), EL ALTER LEARNING CENTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, EL ALTER LEARNING CENTER records that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 15% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 2.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bell County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,865 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bell County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), of which EL ALTER LEARNING CENTER is one.

Nearest neighbor: DR JOSEPH A FOWLER EL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

EL ALTER LEARNING CENTER operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EL ALTER LEARNING CENTER has fell 66%, going from 38 students in 2018 to 13 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment increased from 55% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 4.8:1 in 2018 to 2.2:1 in 2025.

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