Options for Youth-San Juan

Set in Carmichael, California, Options for Youth-San Juan is a mid-sized four-year high school, one of the schools within Options for Youth-San Juan District. It instructs 720 students across grades 7 through 12.

Operationally, Options for Youth-San Juan answers to Options for Youth-San Juan District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Options for Youth-San Juan logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 33% White, 13% Black, 12% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Sacramento County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Options for Youth-San Juan higher than the state norm the norm. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sacramento County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Sacramento County reports that median household income runs about $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Sacramento County's 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), Options for Youth-San Juan is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cameron Ranch Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site. As a public charter, Options for Youth-San Juan runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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