PAUL A BROWN ALTERNATIVE CENTER

Located at 88 JAGUAR DR, in BEAUMONT, Texas, PAUL A BROWN ALTERNATIVE CENTER is a tiny senior high that enrolls 171 students (grades 9 through 12), run under BEAUMONT ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so PAUL A BROWN ALTERNATIVE CENTER sits 79% below that benchmark.

Across the 26 schools in BEAUMONT ISD (16,336 students total), PAUL A BROWN ALTERNATIVE CENTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PAUL A BROWN ALTERNATIVE CENTER shows that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 27% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PAUL A BROWN ALTERNATIVE CENTER tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that median household income runs about $60,026, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Jefferson County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students), PAUL A BROWN ALTERNATIVE CENTER is one campus in the mix.

EHRHART SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 49%: 115 students in 2018 compared to 171 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 82% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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