Community School/Independent Alternative Education

Community School/Independent Alternative Education operates as a close-knit K-12 campus in San Bernardino, California, overseen by San Bernardino County Office of Education. Current enrollment sits at 394 students spanning grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 35% smaller than the state mean of about 602.

Across the 3 schools in San Bernardino County Office of Education (2,367 students total), Community School/Independent Alternative Education accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Community School/Independent Alternative Education reports that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 14% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Community School/Independent Alternative Education reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Community School/Independent Alternative Education is one.

Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 25%: 525 students in 2018 compared to 394 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 64% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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