Alternatives in Action

Alternatives in Action is one of the micro-enrollment 9-12 campuss in Oakland, California, run under Alternatives in Action District, with 106 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Alternatives in Action sits 87% smaller than that benchmark.

Alternatives in Action District is the operating authority for Alternatives in Action, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alternatives in Action lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Beyond that, the school records 8% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Alternatives in Action higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 90% of students at Alternatives in Action qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Alameda County indicate the typical household earns roughly $129,367 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Alameda County's 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), Alternatives in Action is one campus in the mix.

Greenleaf is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alternatives in Action.

The school occupies a city-core site. As a public charter, Alternatives in Action runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.