Community Alternative Learning Center

Community Alternative Learning Center is a small high school in Forest Grove, Oregon, administered by Forest Grove SD 15. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 141 students enrolled. The average among high schools in Oregon is roughly 630 students; this school is 78% smaller than that.

Forest Grove SD 15 runs Community Alternative Learning Center along with 10 other schools, enrolling 5,692 students in total.

By race and ethnicity, Community Alternative Learning Center is 73% Hispanic. It is also 21% White and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Washington County is roughly 19% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Community Alternative Learning Center comes in at 42%.

Staffing totals 7.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.4:1. High schools in Oregon have a similar average ratio of 19.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Community Alternative Learning Center is 90%. Compared with the 57% average for public schools in Washington County, the school's rate is higher.

According to the American Community Survey, in Washington County, median household income is about $107,772, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Community Alternative Learning Center is one of 136 public schools in Washington County, which together enroll about 79,469 students.

Of nearby public schools, Joseph Gale Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Community Alternative Learning Center. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.