Bostrom Alternative Center

Bostrom Alternative Center is a secondary school of intimate scale in PHOENIX, Arizona, run under Phoenix Union High School District (4286), hosting 302 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 631 students per school, that is 52% smaller than typical.

Phoenix Union High School District (4286) comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 25,800 students; Bostrom Alternative Center is among them.

In terms of who attends, Bostrom Alternative Center reports that 80% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 15% Black, 3% Native American. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bostrom Alternative Center is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Tech Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bostrom Alternative Center has expanded 42%, going from 213 students in 2018 to 302 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 6% to 15%. Class-load math has rose: from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.