KEMP ALTERNATIVE

KEMP ALTERNATIVE is a four-year high school of tiny scale in KEMP, Texas, run under KEMP ISD, serveing 8 students in grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 99% below the state mean of about 796.

KEMP ISD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,987 students. KEMP ALTERNATIVE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, KEMP ALTERNATIVE shows that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 25% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KEMP ALTERNATIVE tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kaufman County indicate median household income runs about $89,485, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Kaufman County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students), KEMP ALTERNATIVE is one campus in the mix.

KEMP H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 76%: 34 students in 2018 compared to 8 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 58.6:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.