Summary:
The Heights Charter District in Alpine, California, consists of a single elementary school, The Heights Charter, serving grades K-8 with 283 students.
This school stands out for its remarkable consistency and high performance, maintaining a 4-star rating for three consecutive years and ranking in the top quartile of all California schools. Academically, students at The Heights Charter significantly outperform state averages, with proficiency rates in English and Math running 12 to 19 points higher. A particularly exceptional achievement is its 0% chronic absenteeism rate, which is vastly better than the state average of 19.4%, indicating a very strong and engaging school culture.
Performance is strong across most grades, with 7th graders excelling in English and 3rd graders in Math. An area to watch is 8th-grade math, where proficiency, while still above the state average, is lower than in other grades at the school. As the only school in the The Heights Charter District, it benefits from focused resources and stable leadership, achieving these strong results with a class size and per-student spending that are efficient for the outcomes produced.
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