Sanhedrin Alternative

Sanhedrin Alternative is a 9-12 campus of rural-scale scale in Willits, California, overseen by Willits Unified, works with 57 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Sanhedrin Alternative sits 93% below that benchmark.

Within Willits Unified, which oversees 6 schools and 1,529 students, Sanhedrin Alternative is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Sanhedrin Alternative lists that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 30% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 9% Native American. By comparison, Mendocino County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Sanhedrin Alternative has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Mendocino County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $68,092 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mendocino County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students), Sanhedrin Alternative is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Willits High, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Sanhedrin Alternative.

The school occupies a small-town site.

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