Venture (Alternative)

Venture (Alternative) is a small combined-grade school that serves part of San Ramon, California. The school enrolls 61 students, from kindergarten through 12. An average school in this group (combined schools in California) has about 602 students.

Venture (Alternative) is part of San Ramon Valley Unified, where 36 schools serve 28,554 students.

White students account for 52% of enrollment at Venture (Alternative). Enrollment also includes 16% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, and 13% Asian. The school's White share is 11 points above the 41% share among Contra Costa County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Venture (Alternative) belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.

The school has about 5.6 students per teacher and 11 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 18.6:1 average for combined schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 10%. For comparison, public schools in Contra Costa County average 45%.

Census estimates describe Contra Costa County this way: median household income is about $127,229, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Contra Costa County number 280 and enroll about 167,423.

The school nearest to Venture (Alternative) is Del Amigo High (Continuation), at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of Venture (Alternative), there are at least 8 other public schools.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment was 236 in 2020-21 and 61 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.9:1 to 5.6:1.

Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.