Richard Milburn Alter H S (Killeen)

Richard Milburn Alter High School (Killeen) · Bell County · High school

Richard Milburn Alter H S (Killeen) enrolled 135 students in 2025. In the class of 2024, 28.6% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%). Its four-year graduation rate sits in the bottom 2% of Texas campuses (2024).

Small group: only ~5 Black students in a recent year here. One student can move a rate several points. Read the shaded 95% bands, not single-year jumps.

At a glance vs. Texas

Richard Milburn Alter H S (Killeen) Texas
Graduation rate ’24bottom 3% in TX-61.2 vs TX
Richard Milburn Alter H S (Killeen) 28.6%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24-8.4 vs TX
Richard Milburn Alter H S (Killeen) 66.7%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22-36.3 vs TX
Richard Milburn Alter H S (Killeen) 8.3%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24-81.1 vs TX
Richard Milburn Alter H S (Killeen) 0.0%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’12-8.4 vs TX
Richard Milburn Alter H S (Killeen) 0.0%Texas 8.4%
Algebra I proficiency ’25-26.0 vs TX
Richard Milburn Alter H S (Killeen) 0.0%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24bottom 1% in TX-55.1 vs TX
Richard Milburn Alter H S (Killeen) 0.0%Texas 55.1%

Outcomes

Graduation rate

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

020406080201220152018202120249029

College/career/military ready

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

020406080201720192021202320247567

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.

010203040502016201820202022458

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

College entrance exams

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

02040608020122015201820212024810

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.

Avg SAT math

Average SAT math score among test-takers (200-800). The line at 530 is the college-ready benchmark.

42044046048050052054020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark434

The SAT was rescaled in 2016. Never compare across the dashed line.

Avg SAT reading/writing

Average SAT reading and writing score among test-takers (200-800). The line at 480 is the college-ready benchmark.

50060070080020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark457

The SAT was rescaled in 2016. Never compare across the dashed line.

Avg ACT math

Average ACT math score among test-takers (1-36).

15161718201320162019202220241615

Avg ACT English

Average ACT English score among test-takers (1-36).

14151617201320162019202220241614

Avg ACT science

Average ACT science score among test-takers (1-36).

15161718201320162019202220241715

State tests (high school)

Algebra I proficiency

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

01020304020172019202220242025260

Biology proficiency

Met grade level on the Biology STAAR.

0102030405020172019202220242025497

English II proficiency

Met grade level on the English II STAAR.

0102030405020172019202220242025443

Advanced courses

Advanced course completion

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

020406020142017202020232024550

Took an AP/IB course

Enrolled in at least one AP or IB course.

010203040201520172019202120232024350

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

05101520122015201820212024170

Enrollment

Enrollment

Students enrolled.

05000010000015000020000020142017202020232025205,33660

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202428.6%28.6%14.3%28.6%28.6%
College/career/military ready202455.6%66.7%50%62.5%
Algebra I proficiency20250%0%0%0%
Biology proficiency20257.7%6.7%0%10.5%
English II proficiency20258.2%3.3%5%5%
Advanced course completion20240%0%0%0%0%
Took an AP/IB course20240%0%0%0%
Took an AP/IB exam20240%0%0%0%0%

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Years are the school year the students were measured in, not the report year. Missing points mean the state masked a small group for privacy, not zero. Data: Texas Education Agency TAPR. Download this school's data (JSON).