WHEATLEY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTER

WHEATLEY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTER operates as a very small all-grades campus in TEMPLE, Texas, overseen by TEMPLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 55 students spanning grades 1 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so WHEATLEY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTER sits 89% leaner than that benchmark.

WHEATLEY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTER is one of 17 schools operated by TEMPLE ISD, a district that instructs 9,073 students overall.

On the student-mix side, WHEATLEY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTER lists that the most-represented group is Black (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% Hispanic, 15% White, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WHEATLEY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTER has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bell County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bell County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,865 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WHEATLEY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTER is one of 130 public schools in Bell County (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students).

MERIDITH-DUNBAR EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. WHEATLEY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTER's enrollment has edged up 41% since 2018, when it stood at 39 (now 55). Class-load math has loosened: from 3.9:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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