Paul A Brown Alternative Center

Paul A Brown Alternative Center is a high school located in BEAUMONT, Texas, in Jefferson County. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 171 students. The average for high schools in Texas is about 796 students, so this school is 79% smaller than average.

Paul A Brown Alternative Center is part of BEAUMONT ISD, where 26 schools serve 16,336 students.

Black students are the majority at Paul A Brown Alternative Center, with 64% of enrollment. It is also 27% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. Jefferson County's residents are about 33% Black, 31 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Federal staffing data show 15 full-time-equivalent teachers at Paul A Brown Alternative Center and a ratio of 11.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 94% of enrollment. Public schools in Jefferson County average 71%.

Across Jefferson County, the median household income is $60,026, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Jefferson County is home to 92 public schools and about 42,825 public school students.

Ehrhart School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Paul A Brown Alternative Center, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Paul A Brown Alternative Center has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.

Enrollment records show 116 in 2020-21 and 171 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The number of students per teacher rose from 9.7 to 11.4 over 4 years.

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