Other · California
Alternative Family Education
AlternativeAlternative Family Education, a public other school in Santa Cruz, California: grades k–12, 110 students, 27.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Santa Cruz City High.
Size and class size
Compared with 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
- 110
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.0
- Students per teacher
- 27.6
- Grades
- K–12
- Other
More students per teacher than 88% of schools in California
Median 18.0 · 539 schools compared
More students per teacher than 91% of schools in the US
Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared
Smaller than 69% of schools in California
Median 234 · 541 schools compared
Smaller than 65% of schools in the US
Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%Not published: too few students tested.
Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%Not published: too few students tested.
Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Other · Grades K–12
- Type
- District school · Alternative
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Santa Cruz City High
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Santa Cruz City High.
Location
- Address
- 840 North Branciforte Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062
- Phone
- (831)429-3898
- City or town
- Santa Cruz
- County
- Santa Cruz County
Nearby schools
The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Santa Cruz County Special EducationSpecial education | K–12 | 105 | 7.0 | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
California Online Public Schools Monterey BayCharterFully virtual | K–12 | 440 | 27.4 | 51% | 42% |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
SLVUSD CharterCharter | K–12 | 301 | 25.7 | 62% | 44% |
| — | — | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
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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