Alternatives in Action High School

Oakland · Alameda County · Alameda County Office of Education · Public

Public Alameda County Alameda County Office of Education → ~34 seniors CDS 0110017…

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2 in 3 graduates leave eligible for UC and CSU. 69% finish the A-G courses California's universities require before a student can even apply — most California schools manage about 6 in 10.
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California College-Going Rate

26.8% of the 2022-23 graduating class enrolled in college within a year.

The share of 2022-23 graduates who enrolled at a college anywhere in the U.S. within 12 months, per the National Student Clearinghouse match the California Department of Education publishes.

Within 12 months

26.8%

of 41 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 26.8% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 11 students.

Down 23.2 points from the 2021-22 class (50%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 11 students (26.8%)

University of California 0.0% 0

California State University 14.6% 6

California Community College 7.3% 3

California private college 4.9% 2

Out of state — 0 students (0.0%)

Out-of-state 4-year 0.0% 0

Out-of-state 2-year 0.0% 0

CDE puts each graduate in one bucket only — whichever kind of college they were enrolled in longest — so these add up to the rate above. That is a different count from the UC Reach Score on this page, which counts a student at every UC campus that admitted them.

Source: California Department of Education, College-Going Rate (DataQuest) ↗, cohort 2022-23, posted 17-Sep-2025. Data file: cgr12mo23.txt ↗ (and the 16-month file ↗). CDE builds the rate by matching California high school completers to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment records; we publish CDE’s aggregates and hold no student-level data.

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How Alternatives in Action High School compares for families

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SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

Fewer than 1 in 10 students read and write at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

About 1 in 10 students do math at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 20

0.0%

incl. 0.0% exceeded

-55.4 pts vs. Alameda County median (55.4%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 20

10.0%

incl. 0.0% exceeded

-14.4 pts vs. Alameda County median (24.4%) · CA median 21.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino 88% -5.5

Black / African Am. 9% +3.2

Two or more 1%

Not reported 1%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 100% +4.5

English learners 33% -15.1

Students w/ disabilities 13%

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

Kids show up: 17% are chronically absent versus about 23% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.

Chronic absent

17.2%

20 of 116 students

Absenteeism is down 25.3 pp since 2021-22. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Alameda County median

25.4% · school is better than 62% of 73 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

36 (2018) → 86 (2026)

+138.9%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

5 (2018) → 27 (2026)

+440.0%

How does Alternatives in Action High School really compare on getting kids to college?

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Alameda County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

73% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Mixed signal

Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Alameda County (+440.0% vs. +2.5%), but 34 of 124 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled?

+440.0% senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)

+2.5% Alameda County baseline

+437.5pp gap vs. county

72.6% retention (county median 90.2%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2018

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

72.6%

90 of 124 students

34 of 124 students who enrolled at Alternatives in Action High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (27.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Alameda County median

90.2% · school is in the 24th percentile of 74 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 24th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (113) 77.0%

Hispanic / Latino (102) 75.5%

English learners (63) 74.6%

Students w/ disabilities (27) 66.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Street Academy Alternative High 49.5% Redwood Continuation High 53.0% Millennium High Alternative 88.2% Gateway To College High At Laney College 62.8% Lincoln High (continuation) 50.7%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Alameda County Office of Education (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue

$71.1M

+17.0% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$246,162

289 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 27.4%
Local: 67.2%
Federal: 5.4%

Instruction share

14.6%

of current spending · $23,103/pupil

Total revenue by year ($M)

Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Alameda County Office of Education as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

22 applications

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · Alameda Co. Top 10% ≥ 355 · higher than 40% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 22 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of — admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 34 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Most graduates leave here ready to apply to UC and CSU — 2 in 3 finish the required courses, versus about 6 in 10 statewide.

69%

22 of 32 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · +12.9 pp above · Alameda Co. 77.3%.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

106

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.39

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	11	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.33	—^†
UC Davis →	11	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.45	—^†

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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At a glance

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Alternatives in Action High School is a public high school in Oakland, Alameda County, California with 34 seniors in the Class of 2025.

69% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

27% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).

Enrollment was 86 students in 2026, up 139% since 2018.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

What percentage of Alternatives in Action High School graduates complete the A-G requirements? 69% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

What percentage of Alternatives in Action High School graduates go to college? 27% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).

How many students attend Alternatives in Action High School? Enrollment was 86 students in 2026, up 139% since 2018.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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