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Alternative Family Education School

Serves grades KG - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
840 N. Branciforte Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Phone
(831) 429-3898
District
Santa Cruz City High
County
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
Type of School
Other
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
108
Classroom Teachers
5

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

8

(10 is best)

Better than 71.9% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Alternative Family Education School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
50%
40%
60%
47%
40%
34%
50%
40%
60%
47%
40%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
23
20
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 4 3.7%
Grade 1 6 5.6%
Grade 2 6 5.6%
Grade 3 9 8.3%
Grade 4 3 2.8%
Grade 5 8 7.4%
Grade 6 7 6.5%
Grade 7 8 7.4%
Grade 8 15 13.9%
Grade 9 7 6.5%
Grade 10 11 10.2%
Grade 11 11 10.2%
Grade 12 13 12.0%
Total 108 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 57.1% 51.4% 23.2%
Black 8.2% 1.7% 5.1%
Hispanic 28.6% 43.2% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.1% 3.3% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.0% 0.4% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 25.9% 31.9% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 25.0% 29.8% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.9% 2.1% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 7,184 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 72.9 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.0% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.0% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.5% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.5% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 23.1% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,409 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 5.7% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.1% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 52.3% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 47.4% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.5% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.6% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.7% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.6% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.8% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 4.4% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures Unreported Unreported Unreported
Support Expenditures
Student Unreported Unreported Unreported
Staff Unreported Unreported Unreported
General Administration Unreported Unreported Unreported
School Administration Unreported Unreported Unreported
Operation Unreported Unreported Unreported
Transportation Unreported Unreported Unreported
Other Unreported Unreported Unreported
Total Support Unreported Unreported Unreported
Non-instructional Expenditures Unreported Unreported Unreported
Total Expenditures Unreported Unreported Unreported
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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