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Modesto, California - 1 schools
552
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Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Stanislaus Alternative Charter District operates 1 public schools serving 552 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Stanislaus County.
a 150.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 45.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.8% Hispanic or Latino, 20.7% White, 5.6% African American across the district's schools.
Stanislaus Alternative Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Stanislaus Alternative Charter District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Stanislaus Alternative Charter District a distant remainder — means Stanislaus Alternative Charter District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Stanislaus Alternative Charter District student-counselor ratio is 150:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Stanislaus Alternative Charter District chronic absenteeism rate is 45.5% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Stanislaus Alternative Charter District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Stanislaus Alternative Charter District?
Stanislaus Alternative Charter District has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 552 students.
What is the demographic composition of Stanislaus Alternative Charter District?
Stanislaus Alternative Charter District students are 66.8% Hispanic or Latino, 20.7% White, 5.6% African American, 2.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.