Lakeport Alternative (Home School)

As a rural-scale all-grades campus in Lakeport, California, Lakeport Alternative (Home School) teaches 101 students from grades K through 12, operated by Lakeport Unified. That puts it 83% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 602 students.

Within Lakeport Unified, which oversees 5 schools and 1,361 students, Lakeport Alternative (Home School) is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lakeport Alternative (Home School) lists that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 34% Hispanic, 12% Native American, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $60,621 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Lake County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,167 students), of which Lakeport Alternative (Home School) is one.

Natural High (Continuation) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Lakeport Alternative (Home School) operates from a small-town location. Lakeport Alternative (Home School) delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakeport Alternative (Home School) has rose 226%, going from 31 students in 2018 to 101 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 71% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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