Dayton School District Alternative Program

Located at 614 S 3rd St, in Dayton, Washington, Dayton School District Alternative Program is a tiny 9-12 campus that hosts 13 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Dayton School District. Compared to the state average of about 573 students per school, that is 98% below typical.

Within Dayton School District, which oversees 4 schools and 379 students, Dayton School District Alternative Program is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Dayton School District Alternative Program records that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 38% Hispanic. By comparison, Columbia County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Roughly 54% of students at Dayton School District Alternative Program qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Columbia County's rate of about 24%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Columbia County) records that median household earnings sit near $71,810, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Columbia County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,144 students), of which Dayton School District Alternative Program is one.

Dayton High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

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