Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen)

10 campuses · Bell County

Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen) enrolled 1,602 students across 10 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 27.5% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen) Texas
Graduation rate ’24-62.6 vs TX
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen) 27.2%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24+3.1 vs TX
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen) 78.2%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22-35.7 vs TX
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen) 8.9%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24-79.3 vs TX
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen) 1.8%Texas 81.1%
Algebra I proficiency ’25-21.0 vs TX
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen) 5.0%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24-53.2 vs TX
Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen) 1.9%Texas 55.1%

54 of 55 Black graduates in the class of 2024 finished without ever taking the SAT or ACT.

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

20406080201220152018202120249027

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

0204060802017201920212023202478

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

02040602016201820202022459

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

02040608020122015201820212024812

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

01020304020122015201820212024150

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

01020304020172019202220242025265

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

020406020142017202020232024552

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

05101520122015201820212024170

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202427.5%27.2%26.1%30.2%27.8%
College/career/military ready202481.8%78.2%85.6%84.2%83.5%
Algebra I proficiency20253.4%5%3.4%9.7%3.4%
Biology proficiency202514.6%7.3%13.1%29.4%14.5%
English II proficiency202510.8%4.9%10%16%10.9%
Advanced course completion20244.2%1.9%4.8%6.5%4.9%
Took an AP/IB course20245.6%5.5%5.6%7.7%5.5%
Took an AP/IB exam20240%0%0%0%0%

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