Alternatives in Action
Oakland · CA · Alternatives in Action District · Public charter
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Gateway to College High at Laney College → Dewey Academy High → Royal Sunset (Continuation) → Young Adult Program → Bay Area Technology → Island High (Continuation) → Envision Academy for Arts & Technology → LPS Oakland R & D Campus →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 47% (Bottom 9% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Alternatives in Action compares for families
What families should know about Alternatives in Action.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Gateway to College High at Laney College, Dewey Academy High, Royal Sunset (Continuation) 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 9% 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -10.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 106 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway to College High at Laney College Oakland |
Public | 4.3 | 104 | +50.7% |
| Dewey Academy High Oakland |
Public | 4.1 | 125 | +20.2% |
| Royal Sunset (Continuation) Hayward |
Public | 7.9 | 107 | +105.8% |
| Young Adult Program Oakland |
Public | 6.7 | 126 | -6.7% |
| Bay Area Technology Oakland |
Public · charter | 2.3 | 162 | -12.9% |
| Island High (Continuation) Alameda |
Public | 4.8 | 76 | +5.6% |
| Envision Academy for Arts & Technology Oakland |
Public · charter | 4.9 | 148 | -48.4% |
| LPS Oakland R & D Campus Oakland |
Public · charter | 1.8 | 173 | -60.3% |