NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Alpine, CA

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6 public K-12 schools in Alpine from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
1,723
Students
30.3/100
Avg Resource Index
23.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Alpine has more public-school enrollment than 8% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Alpine's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

5 of Alpine's 6 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 0 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 19-point gap between The Heights Charter and Boulder Oaks Elementary shows the range hidden by Alpine's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 92%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
13th percentile
Teacher staffing
5th percentile

Joan Macqueen Middle accounts for 23.5% of all Alpine public-school enrollment

That concentration means Alpine-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Alpine school enrollment varies 6.3× across entities

Alpine school enrollment ranges from 64 students (lowest) to 405 students (highest), a spread of 341 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Alpine student-teacher ratio is 23.3:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Alpine's 6 listed schools are charters

17% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. The Heights Charter 42
2. Mountain View Learning Academy 33
3. Shadow Hills Elementary 31
4. Joan Macqueen Middle 27
5. Creekside Early Learning Center 26
6. Boulder Oaks Elementary 23

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Alpine

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Mountain View Learning Academy 64.0/100
  2. 2 Shadow Hills Elementary 62.9/100
  3. 3 Joan Macqueen Middle 62.8/100
  4. 4 Creekside Early Learning Center 59.8/100
  5. 5 Boulder Oaks Elementary 58.2/100

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Which Alpine school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

The Heights Charter has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Alpine schools in this federal-data comparison at 42/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Alpine, CA? ▼

Alpine has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,723 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.