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Community School/Independent Alternative Education

Public, Alternative Grades K-12
2672nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,703 California Alternative Schools
Better than 1% of California alternative schools
Summary

Community School/Independent Alternative Education is a K–12 alternative school in San Bernardino, California, with 394 students and is part of the San Bernardino County Office of Education. Its clearest concern is attendance: in 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 62%, compared with 26% in the district and 18% statewide—a 36-point and 44-point gap, respectively. The school’s rate was also higher than every nearby school with a reported figure; the next-highest was 57% at San Bernardino County Special Education. Chronic absenteeism is the school’s most urgent warning sign.

Test results are very low compared with California, though the school outperformed its district and its two same-district comparison schools in all three subjects. In 2025–2026, all-grades proficiency was 7% in English language arts, 3% in math and 6% in science, trailing state results by 42, 35 and 30 points. The school was ahead of its district by 2 points in English, 1 in math and 2 in science, and exceeded both San Bernardino County Special Education and San Bernardino County Juve Detention and Assessment Center in each subject. Among nearby schools with results, its all-grades scores were toward the bottom of the group. Graduation was 57% in 2025–2026, 16 points below the district and 31 below the state; dropout was 33%, 17 points above the district and 25 above the state.

Scores have improved over the four reported years, but not as quickly as California’s: the school’s English results stayed around 7%, while math rose from 1% to 3% and science from 1% to 6%; state gaps widened by 2 points in English, 2 in math and 1 in science. Chronic absenteeism fell just 2 points from 2021–2022 to 2025–2026, while the state rate fell 12 points. Graduation rose 17 points from 2024–2025, though rates have fluctuated. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 14.6, and 90% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. SchoolDigger does not provide a school-level rating here; its district rating is 906th of 968, at the 6th percentile, with 0 stars.

394
Students ?
14.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$93,249
Per pupil spending ?
90.1%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 601 North E St.
       San Bernardino, CA  92415-0020

(909) 386-2722

District: San Bernardino County Office of Education

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
72.3%
African American:
14.5%
White:
7.6%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 1st percentile in 2022 → 13th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 12 percentile points since 2022
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (5% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)
!Graduation rate below the California average (56% vs 88%)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school5%
District avg4%
California avg42%
Middle school
2,672nd of 2,703
California public middle schools ?
Bottom 1%▲ up 1 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
1,860th of 2,137
California public high schools ?
Bottom 13%▲ up 5 pts since 2016
From bottom 8% (2016) to bottom 13% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of California High Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
1st of 3Alternative Schools in the San Bernardino County Office of Education
906th of 968San Bernardino County Office of Education among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20265.22672 of 27031.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.12731 of 27611.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.72759 of 27830.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.72747 of 27811.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.82724 of 27400.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.1888 of 8940.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.92687 of 27151.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.42462 of 24800.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20173.72496 of 25080.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20162.92486 of 24970.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20155.32435 of 24771.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20139.82229 of 23796.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20128.92135 of 22595.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20118.32124 of 22365.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20104.92119 of 21792.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20096.21983 of 20633.9%☆☆☆☆☆
200810.11879 of 20056.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20079.61875 of 19996.2%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202412.9614 of 6272.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.5611 of 6130.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.1636 of 6370.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.2637 of 6430.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.7599 of 6000.2%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202429.51253 of 147815.2%★☆☆☆☆
202328.31338 of 152112.0%★☆☆☆☆
202227.11379 of 154010.5%★☆☆☆☆
201948.8449 of 144268.9%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20263.72480 of 24830.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.02527 of 25330.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.82541 of 25510.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.32517 of 25310.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.12509 of 25090.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.22377 of 23800.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20264.92308 of 23250.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.32375 of 23950.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.92372 of 23880.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.92360 of 23740.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.02349 of 23590.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.22185 of 22131.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.22072 of 20720.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20266.72446 of 24931.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.52520 of 25420.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.92564 of 25790.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.62509 of 25310.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.72448 of 24580.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.4716 of 7210.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.62351 of 23690.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.52217 of 22300.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20266.22442 of 24781.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.02518 of 25340.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.12540 of 25520.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.32509 of 25381.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.52515 of 25270.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.0760 of 7630.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.22388 of 24070.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.92253 of 22730.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202418.01497 of 15523.5%☆☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202611.71860 of 213713.0%★☆☆☆☆
202511.01966 of 21629.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.52037 of 21595.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.02092 of 21703.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.72017 of 21235.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.61224 of 12905.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.41835 of 213314.0%★☆☆☆☆
201811.91709 of 201715.3%★☆☆☆☆
20179.41901 of 20215.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20169.91872 of 20398.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201510.41814 of 19949.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201313.41966 of 242619.0%★☆☆☆☆
201216.31762 of 235425.1%★☆☆☆☆
201120.01638 of 236730.8%★★☆☆☆
201015.81788 of 228121.6%★☆☆☆☆
200923.31702 of 223823.9%★☆☆☆☆
200818.71591 of 211724.8%★☆☆☆☆
200724.61314 of 206336.3%★★☆☆☆
200625.61231 of 196837.4%★★☆☆☆
200523.61256 of 190133.9%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20269.8460 of 4916.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202513.3476 of 5239.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.9501 of 5173.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.2504 of 5213.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.9476 of 5228.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.5554 of 5926.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.6536 of 5827.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202219.31115 of 11614.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.3544 of 5552.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.6990 of 111711.4%★☆☆☆☆
201821.3920 of 105212.5%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202437.5650 of 108540.1%★★☆☆☆
202325.91027 of 10643.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202233.0733 of 104429.8%★☆☆☆☆
202122.4408 of 46712.6%★☆☆☆☆
201928.3829 of 94111.9%★☆☆☆☆
201825.6706 of 93824.7%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202610.11687 of 18659.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20256.91880 of 19061.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.81897 of 19150.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.51839 of 19154.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.01791 of 18583.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.01002 of 10544.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.11679 of 18338.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.81580 of 176010.2%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202612.01643 of 188012.6%★☆☆☆☆
202511.61710 of 190010.0%★☆☆☆☆
202410.61772 of 19026.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.71853 of 19173.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.51809 of 18612.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.01588 of 181412.5%★☆☆☆☆
201813.21433 of 174217.7%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202617.4312 of 35812.8%★☆☆☆☆
202521.0339 of 41017.3%★☆☆☆☆
202412.5298 of 3289.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.2297 of 2990.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.9282 of 2902.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202613.01719 of 199914.0%★☆☆☆☆
202510.21865 of 20137.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.11892 of 20266.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.51953 of 20303.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.51873 of 19433.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.31066 of 11265.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.41697 of 193712.4%★☆☆☆☆
201812.41576 of 186215.4%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202610.61729 of 193210.5%★☆☆☆☆
202511.81712 of 194211.8%★☆☆☆☆
202410.21843 of 19485.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.61894 of 19633.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.61822 of 19164.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.41070 of 11224.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.11615 of 188014.1%★☆☆☆☆
201812.11557 of 183415.1%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202617.81139 of 12357.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.61227 of 12522.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.71148 of 12165.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.61071 of 119710.5%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20263.71082 of 11324.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.71063 of 122213.0%★☆☆☆☆
20183.81129 of 11733.8%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Middle school
English Language Learner (2024)15th percentile+14 vs school
Special Education (2024)4th percentile+3 vs school
African American (2024)2nd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2026)1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)1st percentile~ school
Female (2026)<1st percentile~ school
High school
English Language Learner (2024)40th percentile+34 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)14th percentile~ school
Homeless (2026)13th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)13th percentile~ school
Male (2026)11th percentile~ school
Female (2026)10th percentile-3 vs school
Special Education (2026)8th percentile-5 vs school
African American (2026)6th percentile-7 vs school
White (2026)4th percentile-9 vs school
Disabled (2022)4th percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy7%-42 vs state
Science6%-30 vs state
Mathematics3%-35 vs state

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Students at Community School/Independent Alternative Education are 72% Hispanic, 14% African American, 8% White, 4% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

Community School/Independent Alternative Education ranks in the bottom 1.1% of California alternative schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 394 students attended Community School/Independent Alternative Education.

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2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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