Lighthouse Learning Center - Daep, Clute TX

Original Research by School Decision on Lighthouse Learning Center - Daep

Lighthouse Learning Center is Brazosport ISD's Disciplinary Alternative Education Program, or DAEP, located on Dixie Drive in Clute. Students do not choose this school; they are placed here through the district's disciplinary process, which is a basic fact any parent or resident needs to understand before reading anything else about it. The school serves grades one through twelve and is a district-run alternative program, not a charter.

The enrollment is small relative to its wide grade span, and the population skews heavily toward middle and high school ages, with only a handful of students in the lower elementary grades at any given time. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Hispanic students make up the largest share of the student body, followed by white and Black students, with smaller numbers across other groups. IEP and English learner rates were not available in the data.

State STAAR results are reported for this school, and they reflect what you would expect from a disciplinary placement setting. Across math, ELA, science, and social studies at every tested grade level, proficiency rates are very low, often near zero, and well below the floor of any district in Brazoria County. For math in particular, no grade with enough students to report showed any proficiency at all. ELA results were marginally higher at some grade levels but still far below the threshold that would indicate grade-level mastery. Science and social studies results followed the same pattern. Looking at the overall proficiency index for the school against other districts in Brazoria County, this school sits at the very bottom of that comparison set. A parent should understand, though, that these numbers reflect the circumstances of placement rather than a curriculum designed for long-term academic development. Students here are generally served for a defined disciplinary period before returning to their home campus.

No graduation rate, AP offerings, dual-credit programs, course access detail, or chronic absenteeism data were available. Those measures either do not apply to a DAEP setting in a meaningful way or simply were not reported.

The school sits in Clute, a working-class city anchored to Brazoria County's petrochemical corridor. The area's economy has historically run on shift work at plants operated by companies like Dow, BASF, and Freeport LNG, though publicly reported Dow layoffs introduce some uncertainty about the near-term local economy. Housing in the immediate area is well below both Texas and national median home values, with rents that remain relatively accessible. Clute is car-dependent, with daily life organized around highways and auto-oriented retail. A master-planned development called Woodshore, the only one of its kind in the Clute area, is adding new single-family homes nearby.

Families looking at Brazosport ISD more broadly should know the district is in the middle of significant structural change. Publicly reported accounts describe declining enrollment, a multimillion-dollar budget deficit, and a series of school closures voted on in 2025 and 2026, including Rasco Middle School in Lake Jackson and Stephen F. Austin Elementary in Jones Creek. A bond measure intended to fund facility repairs, technology upgrades, and safety improvements failed at the May 2025 election, leaving those needs unaddressed. The district has also publicly reported launching a teacher apprenticeship program designed to grow its own instructors and fill staffing gaps over time.

For a parent whose child is currently placed at Lighthouse Learning Center, the practical questions are what academic support is available during the placement period, how the transition back to the home campus is handled, and what the timeline looks like. The data here does not answer those questions, and reaching out directly to the school or district would be the right next step.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

Not publicly reportedCohort of 1 student · Class of 2021

The federal source does not publish a graduation rate for cohorts this small. The cohort size is shown for context.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,779 schools plotted. 59 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 0% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 60%

School 0% · District 36% · ▼ 36 pts below district

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 49 pts below county median

Grade 70%

School 0% · District 23% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 55% · ▼ 55 pts below district

▼ 42 pts below state median · ▼ 50 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 514%

School 14% · District 13% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 40 pts below state median · ▼ 44 pts below county median

Grade 612%

School 12% · District 49% · ▼ 37 pts below district

▼ 40 pts below state median · ▼ 45 pts below county median

Grade 722%

School 22% · District 42% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 85%

School 5% · District 51% · ▼ 46 pts below district

▼ 50 pts below state median · ▼ 51 pts below county median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 43% · ▼ 43 pts below district

▼ 42 pts below state median · ▼ 47 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 24% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

This schoolBRAZOSPORT ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 8Lower-income7%Higher-income0%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 8Lower-income0%Higher-income0%0 pp gap