Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs

Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs is one of the minimally staffed all-grades campuss in Santa Rosa, California, run under Sonoma County Office of Education, with 55 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 602 students each, so Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs sits 91% below that benchmark.

Within Sonoma County Office of Education, which oversees 3 schools and 266 students, Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs reports that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 15% White, 4% Native American. By comparison, Sonoma County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs tighter than the state norm the norm. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sonoma County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sonoma County put median household income runs about $104,674, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Sonoma County runs 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), of which Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs is one.

Sonoma County Special Education is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs's enrollment has fell 25% since 2018, when it stood at 73 (now 55). Hispanic enrollment moved from 81% to 75% across the same window.

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