Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education
SAN MARCOS · TX · SAN MARCOS CISD · Public
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KI CHARTER ACADEMY → ALTER IMPACT CTR → LOCKHART PRIDE H S → PRAIRIE LEA EL → COMAL ACADEMY → HAYS INSPIRE ACADEMY → PREMIER H S OF NEW BRAUNFELS → SEGUIN CAMPUS →How Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education compares for families
What families should know about Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: KI CHARTER ACADEMY, ALTER IMPACT CTR, LOCKHART PRIDE H S and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,857/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
💰 Pay for college in Texas
Texas's public scholarships
Texas families have two big levers: a guaranteed-admission rule for the top of each graduating class, and the need-based TEXAS Grant that pairs with it. Class rank does more here than almost anywhere.
Graduate in the top 10% of your Texas public-HS class and finish the required curriculum for automatic admission to TX public universities (UT Austin caps at the top 5%). (Must finish the required college-prep curriculum (Distinguished plan).)
Official program details ↗Texas's flagship need-based grant — no GPA gate to qualify (a 3.0 or top-third rank just gives priority when funds run short). (Enroll within 16 months of HS, ≥¾ time, in a bachelor's program.)
Official program details ↗Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan plus a 3.0 GPA and an 80th-percentile test (or top-10% rank) for a TEXAS Grant-sized scholarship. (Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
⭐ Texas Accountability
TEA's official A–F rating: C (74/100).
The Texas Education Agency's official accountability grade for this campus — a single A–F letter and a 0–100 scaled score the state assigns to every public high school, rolled up from the domains below.
What the A–F domains mean →
Student Achievement — STAAR performance plus, for high schools, college/career/military readiness and graduation. School Progress — academic growth and performance relative to schools with similar economic profiles. Closing the Gaps — outcomes across student groups. TEA awards the campus the better of two methods per domain; the overall grade is the weighted roll-up.
Source: Texas Education Agency, A–F Accountability Ratings (2024-25) via data.texas.gov; the state's official campus rating under Texas Education Code §39.054. Covers every rated Texas public high school.
📝 Texas State Testing
STAAR End-of-Course results: how many students meet grade level.
The share of students scoring Meets Grade Level or above on Texas's high-school End-of-Course exams — the state's core academic-proficiency benchmark, reported for every campus.
What do Approaches / Meets / Masters mean? →
Texas reports STAAR at three rising bars: Approaches (likely to succeed in the next grade with support), Meets (solid command, on track for college/career readiness — the headline number above), and Masters (advanced command). End-of-Course exams are taken when a student finishes the course, so they reflect that subject's instruction, not a single grade.
Source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) STAAR EOC performance, 2024-25, All Students. Small-group results are masked by TEA for privacy and shown only where reported.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KI CHARTER ACADEMY SAN MARCOS |
Public · charter | 3.0 | 73 | -1.4% |
| ALTER IMPACT CTR BUDA |
Public | 16.7 | 55 | -5.2% |
| LOCKHART PRIDE H S LOCKHART |
Public | 15.7 | 66 | — |
| PRAIRIE LEA EL PRAIRIE LEA |
Public | 14.0 | 72 | +16.1% |
| COMAL ACADEMY NEW BRAUNFELS |
Public | 14.0 | 76 | +52.0% |
| HAYS INSPIRE ACADEMY SAN MARCOS |
Public · charter | 1.7 | 22 | — |
| PREMIER H S OF NEW BRAUNFELS NEW BRAUNFELS |
Public · charter | 15.9 | 72 | -30.8% |
| SEGUIN CAMPUS SEGUIN |
Public · charter | 19.3 | 49 | — |