High · California

Acalanes Center for Independent Study

Alternative

Acalanes Center for Independent Study, a public high school in Walnut Creek, California: grades 9–12, 61 students, 9.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Acalanes Union High.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 61
Teachers (FTE): 6.4
Students per teacher: 9.5
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 89% of high schools in California

Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 84% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 83% of high schools in California

Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared

Smaller than 87% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 9–12
Type: District school · Alternative
Instruction: In person
Area: Small city
Run by: Acalanes Union High

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Acalanes Union High.

Location

Address: 1963 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek, CA 94595
Phone: (925)280-3945
City or town: Walnut Creek
County: Contra Costa County

Website Quality of life in Walnut Creek Schools in Walnut Creek

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Las Lomas High	9–12	1,577	19.5	1.5 mi
Acalanes High	9–12	1,256	19.5	2.2 mi
Campolindo High	9–12	1,340	19.8	2.8 mi
Contra Costa County ROPCareer and technical	9–12	0	—	4.0 mi
Prospect High (Continuation)Alternative	9–12	60	10.5	4.2 mi
Northgate HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,546	23.1	4.3 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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