Community Alternative Learning Center

Community Alternative Learning Center is an one-room-style high school in Forest Grove, Oregon, operated by Forest Grove SD 15. The school educates 141 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 78% smaller than the state mean of about 630.

Within Forest Grove SD 15, which oversees 11 schools and 5,692 students, Community Alternative Learning Center is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Community Alternative Learning Center shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 19.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Washington County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $107,772 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Community Alternative Learning Center is one of 136 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 79,469 students).

The closest other public school is Joseph Gale Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

On this page, the feed for Community Alternative Learning Center typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.