High · California

Independence High (Alternative)

AlternativeFree meals for all

Independence High (Alternative), a public high school in Merced, California: grades 9–12, 87 students, 8.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Merced 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: 87
Teachers (FTE): 10.5
Students per teacher: 8.3
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 92% of high schools in California

Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 89% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 77% of high schools in California

Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared

Smaller than 83% 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
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Small city
Run by: Merced Union High

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

Location

Address: 1900 G St., Merced, CA 95340
Phone: (209)325-1600
City or town: Merced
County: Merced County

Website Quality of life in Merced Schools in Merced

Nearby high schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Yosemite High (Continuation)Alternative	9–12	342	16.1	0.0 mi
Sequoia HighAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	77	9.0	0.1 mi
Merced County ROPCareer and technical	11–12	0	—	0.8 mi
Merced HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,943	22.6	1.4 mi
Golden Valley HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,917	21.4	1.5 mi
Come Back CharterCharter	9–12	128	27.2	2.2 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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