Alpha: Blanca Alvarado

Alpha: Blanca Alvarado, a moderately sized primary school in San Jose, California, part of Alpha: Blanca Alvarado District, enrolls 500 students, covering grades K through 8.

Operationally, Alpha: Blanca Alvarado answers to Alpha: Blanca Alvarado District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Alpha: Blanca Alvarado reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Alpha: Blanca Alvarado has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Alpha: Blanca Alvarado higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 60% of students at Alpha: Blanca Alvarado qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Alpha: Blanca Alvarado is one.

Nearest neighbor: Alpha: Jose Hernandez, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Alpha: Blanca Alvarado runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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