Summary:
The Alternatives in Action District has one listed school, the high school Alternatives in Action, serving grades 9–12 with 106 students. Its 2025–26 proficiency rates were below California’s in all three subjects: ELA was 14% versus 49% statewide, math was 5% versus 38%, and science was 0% versus 36%—gaps of 36, 34 and 36 percentage points, respectively. Other outcomes also lagged state figures: graduation was 65% versus 88%, while dropout was 23% versus 8% and chronic absenteeism was 43% versus 18%. The most important finding is that the school’s results were substantially below state benchmarks across tested subjects, and its graduation, dropout and attendance measures were also less favorable.
There is no school-to-school top or bottom comparison because Alternatives in Action is the district’s only listed school. Against statewide results, its largest all-grades proficiency gap was in science, at 36 points; its smallest was in math, at 34 points, even though math had the lowest school score. Grade-matched results show further variation: 11th-grade ELA was 14% versus 57% statewide, a 44-point gap, while 11th-grade math was 5% versus 32%, a 27-point gap. SchoolDigger ranks Alternatives in Action 1,873rd of 2,137 schools statewide, in the 12th percentile, and gives it 1 star.
Results changed unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose from 0% to 14%, while math fell from 10% to 5% and science from 3% to 0%. ELA’s state gap narrowed by 13 points, but math and science gaps widened by 6 and 7 points; across the three subjects, the average distance from state results remained about 35 points. For additional context, the school had a 22.1 student–teacher ratio and 90% free/reduced lunch eligible in school year 2024–25, and reported spending of $58,742 per student that year. These figures describe the school but do not establish what explains its results.
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