Richard H. Lewis Alternative

Richard H. Lewis Alternative is a very small school serving multiple grade levels in Clearlake, California, administered by Konocti Unified. It reports enrollment of 118 students in kindergarten through 12. The school is 80% below the average for combined schools in California.

Konocti Unified has 10 schools; together they serve 3,985 students.

The share of White students at Richard H. Lewis Alternative is 54%, a majority. Other students are 30% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is lower than the 68% White share among all Lake County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.

Its staff includes 5.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.1 students per teacher. The gap from the 18.6:1 average for combined schools in California is 2.4 students per teacher. Roughly 72% of students at Richard H. Lewis Alternative can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Lake County is close, at 73%.

The school is in Lake County, where the median household earns about $60,621 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Lake County, 43 public schools serve about 10,167 students.

Richard H. Lewis Alternative's nearest public school is Blue Heron (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

The federal government classifies Richard H. Lewis Alternative's location as Town: Distant.

Richard H. Lewis Alternative reported 24 students in 2020-21 and 118 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (21.1:1) than in 2020-21 (12.0:1).

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