High · California

Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard

AlternativeFree meals for all

Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard, a public high school in Ceres, California: grades 6–12, 138 students, 16.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Stanislaus County Office of Education.

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: 138
Teachers (FTE): 8.4
Students per teacher: 16.5
Grades: 6–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 64% of high schools in California

Median 19.1 · 2,120 schools compared

More students per teacher than 65% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 70% of high schools in California

Median 462 · 2,126 schools compared

Smaller than 76% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 6–12
Type: District school · Alternative
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Stanislaus County Office of Education

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Stanislaus County Office of Education.

Location

Address: 3113 Mitchell Rd., Ceres, CA 95307
Phone: (209)238-6717
City or town: Ceres
County: Stanislaus County

Website Quality of life in Ceres Schools in Ceres

Nearby high schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Argus High (Continuation)AlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	189	18.6	0.5 mi
Whitmore Charter HighCharter	9–12	96	19.4	0.5 mi
Ceres HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,660	22.6	1.0 mi
Central Valley HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,317	23.4	1.3 mi
Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory AcademyCharterFree meals for all	6–12	617	22.8	4.0 mi
Dickens (Billy Joe) High (Continuation)AlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	33	—	4.1 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).

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