Secondary Alter Center

  • Elementary/secondary school in Harlingen CISD
  • Harlingen, TX
  • 6th grade - 12th grade

Accountability rating (2023-2024)

N/A

Harlingen CISD: N/A

Total students

88

Avg. teacher experience

9.4 years

Harlingen CISD: 11.8 years

Statewide: 11.1 years

Four-year graduation rate

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 94.6%

Statewide: 90.3%

Secondary Alter Center is an elementary/secondary school in Harlingen, TX, in the Harlingen CISD school district. As of the 2023-2024 school year, it had 88 students. 92% of students were considered at risk of dropping out of school. 14.8% of students were enrolled in bilingual and English language learning programs.

The school received an accountability rating of None for the 2023-2024 school year.

As of the 2023-2024 school year, an average teacher's salary was $62,078, which is $396 less than the state average. On average, teachers had 9.4 years of experience.

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Contact information

Website

www.hcisd.org/sac

Address

1310 Sam Houston
Harlingen, TX 78550

Office phone number

(956) 427-3210

Principal

Higher Ed Outcomes

Students in Secondary Alter Center are part of the Texas Education Agency’s Region 01. Students who started eighth grade in 2011 in this region had a college graduation rate of 22.5 percent. View a more comprehensive breakdown of the higher education outcomes in Region 01.

Demographics

Race and ethnicity

Total students

88

African American

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.3%

Statewide: 12.8%

American Indian

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.1%

Statewide: 0.3%

Asian

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.3%

Statewide: 5.4%

Hispanic

86 (97.7%)

Harlingen CISD: 94.5%

Statewide: 53.2%

Pacific Islander

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0%

Statewide: 0.2%

White

2 (2.3%)

Harlingen CISD: 4.4%

Statewide: 25%

Two or more races

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.4%

Statewide: 3.1%

African American

0%

American Indian

0%

Asian

0%

Hispanic

97.7%

Pacific Islander

0%

White

2.3%

Two or more races

0%

Risk factors

A student is identified as being at risk of dropping out of school based on state-defined criteria. A student is defined as "economically disadvantaged" if he or she is eligible for free or reduced-price lunch or other public assistance.

At-risk students

92 %

Harlingen CISD: 58.4%

Statewide: 53.2%

Economically disadvantaged

86.4 %

Harlingen CISD: 79%

Statewide: 62.3%

Limited English proficiency

14.8 %

Harlingen CISD: 15.5%

Statewide: 24.4%

At-risk students

92.0%

Econ. disadvantaged

86.4%

Limited Eng. proficiency

14.8%

Enrollment by program

A look at the percentage of students enrolled in certain programs offered at schools for the 2023-2024 school year. A student can be enrolled in more than one program.

Bilingual/ESL

14.8 %

Harlingen CISD: 18.9%

Statewide: 24.5%

Gifted and Talented

1.1 %

Harlingen CISD: 7.6%

Statewide: 8.5%

Special Education

18.2 %

Harlingen CISD: 13.2%

Statewide: 13.9%

Bilingual/ESL

14.8%

Gifted and talented

1.1%

Special education

18.2%

Academics

Accountability ratings

Texas assigns ratings to districts and campuses that designate their performance in relation to the state's accountability system.

A-F ratings have not been released since the 2021-2022 school year. Many school districts have sued the Texas Education Agency after the agency made changes to the way ratings would be calculated. The ratings won’t be released until the case is resolved.

Overall (2023-2024)

N/A

Harlingen CISD: N/A

Student achievement (2023-2024)

N/A

Harlingen CISD: N/A

School progress (2023-2024)

N/A

Harlingen CISD: N/A

Closing the gaps (2023-2024)

N/A

Harlingen CISD: N/A

The overall grades are based on three categories: student achievement (how well students perform academically), school progress (how well students perform over time and compared to students in similar schools) and closing the gaps (how well schools are boosting performance for subgroups such as students with special needs).

For a detailed explanation of this year’s accountability system, see the 2024 Accountability Manual.

Four-year graduation rates

The percentage of students who started ninth grade in 2019-2020 and received a high school diploma on time — by Aug. 31, 2023. Learn more about how four-year graduation rates are defined.

All students

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 94.6%

Statewide: 90.3%

African American

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 87.5%

Statewide: 86.7%

American Indian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: N/A

Statewide: 89.3%

Asian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 100%

Statewide: 96.9%

Hispanic

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 94.4%

Statewide: 88.6%

Pacific Islander

N/A

Harlingen CISD: N/A

Statewide: 88.3%

White

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 98.2%

Statewide: 94.2%

Two or more races

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 100%

Statewide: 91.7%

African American

N/A

American Indian

N/A

Asian

N/A

Hispanic

N/A

Pacific Islander

N/A

White

N/A

Two or more races

N/A

Dropout rates

The dropout rate for students in grades 9-12 during the 2022-2023 school year. It is calculated by dividing the number of dropouts by the number of students who were in attendance at any time during the school year.

All students

0 %

Harlingen CISD: 0.8%

Statewide: 2%

African American

Masked

Harlingen CISD: 0%

Statewide: 3.2%

American Indian

Masked

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 2.3%

Asian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 0%

Statewide: 0.5%

Hispanic

0 %

Harlingen CISD: 0.8%

Statewide: 2.4%

Pacific Islander

N/A

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 1.8%

White

0 %

Harlingen CISD: 1.1%

Statewide: 1%

Two or more races

Masked

Harlingen CISD: 0%

Statewide: 1.7%

Chronic absenteeism

The chronic absenteeism rate for students during the 2022-2023 school year. It measures the number of students who were absent for at least ten percent of the school year.

All students

52.3 %

Harlingen CISD: 21.7%

Statewide: 20.3%

African American

Masked

Harlingen CISD: 25%

Statewide: 24.8%

American Indian

Masked

Harlingen CISD: 44.4%

Statewide: 21.3%

Asian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 5.2%

Statewide: 7.6%

Hispanic

51.7 %

Harlingen CISD: 22%

Statewide: 23.2%

Pacific Islander

N/A

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 23.7%

White

69.2 %

Harlingen CISD: 18.3%

Statewide: 14.5%

Two or more races

Masked

Harlingen CISD: 12.7%

Statewide: 18.7%

College readiness

AP/IB participation

The percentage of students in grades 11 and 12 taking at least one Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) exam in any subject during the 2022-2023 school year.

All students

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 15.5%

Statewide: 24.2%

African American

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 20%

Statewide: 15.9%

American Indian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 19.8%

Asian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 45.5%

Statewide: 61.5%

Hispanic

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 14.3%

Statewide: 21.4%

Pacific Islander

N/A

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 19.5%

White

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 33.1%

Statewide: 26.3%

Two or more races

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 33.3%

Statewide: 26.9%

AP/IB performance

The percentage of test-taking students in grades 11 and 12 who passed at least one AP or IB exam in the 2022-2023 school year. A passing score on the AP exam is a 3, 4 or 5. On an IB exam, it is a 4, 5, 6 or 7.

All students

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 42.7%

Statewide: 53.3%

African American

N/A

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 34.1%

American Indian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: N/A

Statewide: 53.6%

Asian

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 100%

Statewide: 79.5%

Hispanic

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 41.3%

Statewide: 39.9%

Pacific Islander

N/A

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 47.4%

White

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 51.2%

Statewide: 67%

Two or more races

N/A

Harlingen CISD: Masked

Statewide: 66%

SAT

The average SAT score for students graduating in 2022-2023, with critical reading, writing and mathematics results combined. The maximum score is 2400. For the small percentage of students who took the redesigned SAT with a maximum score of 1600, their scores were converted to the equivalent scores on the previous SAT using College Board concordance tables.

Avg. SAT score

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 926

Statewide: 978

ACT

The average ACT composite score for students graduating in 2022-2023. The maximum score is 36.

Avg. ACT score

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 19.3

Statewide: 19.2

College-ready graduates

A graduate is considered college ready in Reading or Math if he or she has met or exceeded the college-ready criteria on the Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA) test, the SAT or the ACT test. These figures are for students graduating in 2022-2023.

Reading

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 57.8%

Statewide: 62.8%

Math

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 50.9%

Statewide: 54.3%

Reading + Math

N/A

Harlingen CISD: 45.9%

Statewide: 48.4%

Reading

N/A

Math

N/A

Reading + Math

N/A

Staff

Teacher ethnicities

These figures are expressed as a percentage of the total teacher full-time equivalent (FTE) as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Total teacher FTEs

6.1

African American

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.4%

Statewide: 12.6%

American Indian

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.1%

Statewide: 0.3%

Asian

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.2%

Statewide: 2.1%

Hispanic

6 (98.3%)

Harlingen CISD: 87%

Statewide: 30.1%

Pacific Islander

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0%

Statewide: 0.1%

White

0.1 (1.7%)

Harlingen CISD: 12.2%

Statewide: 53.4%

Two or more races

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.2%

Statewide: 1.3%

Highest degree held by teachers

These figures are expressed as a percentage of the total teacher full-time equivalent.

No degree

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 3.7%

Statewide: 2.5%

Bachelor's

3.1 (50.6%)

Harlingen CISD: 70.9%

Statewide: 71.7%

Master's

3 (49.4%)

Harlingen CISD: 25.3%

Statewide: 24.9%

Doctorate

0 (0%)

Harlingen CISD: 0.2%

Statewide: 0.8%

Students per teacher

The total number of students divided by the total full-time equivalent count of teachers for 2023-2024.

Students per teacher

14.5

Harlingen CISD: 13.8

Statewide: 14.7

Teacher experience

This figure for the 2023-2024 school year refers to tenure — the number of years a teacher has been employed in any district, whether or not there was an interruption in service.

Avg. teacher experience

9.4 years

Harlingen CISD: 11.8 years

Statewide: 11.1 years

Teacher salaries

The average salaries listed here are for regular duties only and do not include supplemental pay. For teachers who also have nonteaching roles, only the portion of time and pay dedicated to classroom responsibilities is factored into the calculation.

Base average

$62,078

Harlingen CISD: $59,939

Statewide: $62,474

Beginner

N/A

Harlingen CISD: $54,520

Statewide: $54,272

1 to 5 years

$62,463

Harlingen CISD: $55,650

Statewide: $58,185

6 to 10 years

$56,945

Harlingen CISD: $57,610

Statewide: $61,494

11 to 20 years

$64,421

Harlingen CISD: $61,789

Statewide: $65,219

21 to 30 years

N/A

Harlingen CISD: $66,205

Statewide: $69,723

30+ years

N/A

Harlingen CISD: $72,283

Statewide: $74,014

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