El Sereno Alternative Education
Fair Oaks · CA · San Juan Unified · Public
At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 6% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 62% in 2019 (Bottom 12% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How El Sereno Alternative Education compares for families
What families should know about El Sereno Alternative Education.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science, Laurel Ruff Transition, Kinney High (Continuation) and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 6% by test-taker volume
Source: 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 12% 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.
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 -8.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 166 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science Sacramento |
Public · charter | 6.3 | 174 | -32.8% |
| Laurel Ruff Transition Sacramento |
Public | 4.2 | 142 | +1.4% |
| Kinney High (Continuation) Rancho Cordova |
Public | 3.1 | 112 | +51.4% |
| North Area Community Sacramento |
Public | 8.4 | 139 | +1.5% |
| Meraki High Fair Oaks |
Public | 0.0 | 93 | +3.3% |
| Creative Connections Arts Academy North Highlands |
Public · charter | 6.9 | 217 | +3.3% |
| Adelante High (Continuation) Roseville |
Public | 7.5 | 122 | +18.4% |
| Elinor Lincoln Hickey Jr./Sr. High Sacramento |
Public | 8.9 | 129 | -5.1% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantEl Sereno Alternative Education is a public high school in Fair Oaks, CA, enrolling 166 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is down 35% from 2021 to 2024.
3 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 6% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 62% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 332 students per school counselor.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is El Sereno Alternative Education's graduation rate? El Sereno Alternative Education's federal four-year graduation rate was about 62% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend El Sereno Alternative Education? El Sereno Alternative Education is a public high school in Fair Oaks, CA, enrolling 166 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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