RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY LUBBOCK

RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY LUBBOCK, a tiny four-year high school in LUBBOCK, Texas, operated by RICHARD MILBURN ALTER HIGH SCHOOL (KILLEEN), caters to 155 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 81% smaller than typical.

RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY LUBBOCK is one of 9 schools operated by RICHARD MILBURN ALTER HIGH SCHOOL (KILLEEN), a district that serves 1,607 students overall.

Demographically, RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY LUBBOCK shows that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 12% White, 8% Black. By comparison, Lubbock County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY LUBBOCK has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY LUBBOCK higher than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lubbock County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Lubbock County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,155, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY LUBBOCK is one of 110 public schools in Lubbock County (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students).

The closest other public school is ATKINS MIDDLE, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY LUBBOCK.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY LUBBOCK is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 18%: 188 students in 2018 compared to 155 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 23% to 12%.

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