Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard

Ceres · CA · Stanislaus County Office of Education · Public · K-12 combined

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At a glance

Academic signals

AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
4-yr grad rate: 2% in 2019 (Bottom 0% 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 Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard compares for families

What families should know about Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard.

▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

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 0% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

Single-point estimate

4-year cohort size

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

37.5%

Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

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

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

86.2%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥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

Student : Counselor

138:1

Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.

Counselor FTE

1.0

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

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 +11.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 138 students:

2025

153

2027

189

2029

233

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

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Whitmore Charter High Ceres	Public · charter	0.5	96	-14.3%
Teel School in Empire Empire	Public	4.2	102	+34.2%
Argus High (Continuation) Ceres	Public	0.5	189	+3.8%
Denair Charter Academy Denair	Public · charter	8.7	104	-28.3%
Fusion Charter Turlock	Public · charter	9.0	130	+23.8%
Keyes to Learning Charter Keyes	Public · charter	3.1	79	-16.0%
Stanislaus County Special Education Modesto	Public	1.9	62	+3.3%
Roselawn High Turlock	Public	7.4	181	-11.3%

At a glance

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Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard is a public high school in Ceres, CA, enrolling 138 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 2% in the latest EDFacts release.

It has about 138 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 Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard's graduation rate? Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard's federal four-year graduation rate was about 2% in the latest EDFacts release.

How many students attend Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard? Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard is a public high school in Ceres, CA, enrolling 138 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

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