Options for Youth-San Juan

Options for Youth-San Juan is one of the public schools in Carmichael, California. It is a medium-sized high school. Students in grades 7 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 720 students.

Options for Youth-San Juan is run by Options for Youth-San Juan District.

Options for Youth-San Juan has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 34%. Smaller groups are 33% White, 13% Black, 12% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 24% of Sacramento County residents are Hispanic. Options for Youth-San Juan's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.

With 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Options for Youth-San Juan was 24.9:1. That is higher than the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Eligible students account for 75% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Public schools in Sacramento County average 63%.

Across Sacramento County, the median household income is $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sacramento County is home to 387 public schools and about 259,342 public school students.

The nearest other public school, Cameron Ranch Elementary, is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

NCES assigns Options for Youth-San Juan the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.

Enrollment has fallen by 121 students since 2020-21, to 720. The number of students per teacher fell from 30.0 to 24.9 over 4 years.

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