Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education

Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education is one of the public schools in SAN MARCOS, Texas. It is a very small high school. It had 55 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Texas enroll about 796 students on average.

SAN MARCOS CISD runs 12 schools with a combined 8,222 students. Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education is one of them.

Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education is 85% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 9% White and 4% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Hays County's population at about 39%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 26, compared with 70 nationally.

There are 4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education, giving a ratio of 13.8:1. The school's 13.8:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for high schools in Texas. By family income, 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Hays County averages 46%, lower than here.

American Community Survey estimates for Hays County show that median household income comes to about $89,097, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hays County counts 63 public schools with about 46,946 students.

Dezavala Elementary School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

The federal government classifies Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education's location as City: Small.

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