Calaveras Unified Alternative-Sierra Hills Education Center
San Andreas · CA · Calaveras Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Vallecito Continuation High → Independence High (Continuation) → North Star Academy → Amador County ROP → Rite of Passage → Estrellita Continuation High → Connections Visual and Performing Arts Academy → Independence Continuation →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 90% (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Calaveras Unified Alternative-Sierra Hills Education Center compares for families
What families should know about Calaveras Unified Alternative-Sierra Hills Education Center.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Vallecito Continuation High, Independence High (Continuation), North Star Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +8.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 127 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallecito Continuation High Altaville |
Public | 11.0 | 43 | — |
| Independence High (Continuation) Sutter Creek |
Public | 14.0 | 49 | — |
| North Star Academy Sutter Creek |
Public | 14.0 | 42 | — |
| Amador County ROP Jackson |
Public | 11.7 | — | — |
| Rite of Passage San Andreas |
Public · charter | 8.2 | 26 | — |
| Estrellita Continuation High Galt |
Public | 32.6 | 76 | +38.2% |
| Connections Visual and Performing Arts Academy Tuolumne |
Public · charter | 28.6 | 94 | -46.0% |
| Independence Continuation Diamond Springs |
Public | 34.9 | 104 | -1.0% |