About El Sereno Alternative Education
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El Sereno Alternative Education is located in Fair Oaks, CA and is one of 77 schools in San Juan Unified. It is a alternative education school that serves 325 students in grades K-12.
Alternative schools are public schools that offer nontraditional education for students whose needs cannot be met in a regular, special education, or vocational school. While alternative schools are distinct from regular, special education, and vocational schools in their teaching approach or classroom environment, they can provide similar services and/or curriculum for students. Alternative schools include schools for potential dropouts, residential treatment centers for substance abuse, schools for chronic truants, and schools for students with behavioral problems.
El Sereno Alternative Education did not make AYP in 2008. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of California in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See El Sereno Alternative Education's test results to learn more about school performance.
A school's Academic Performance Index (API) is a scale that ranges from 200 to 1000 and is calculated from the school's performance in the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. The state has set 800 as the API target for all schools to meet.
El Sereno Alternative Education had an API growth score of 684 in 2009. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. El Sereno Alternative Education's 2009 base score was 601 and the school did meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
In 2008, El Sereno Alternative Education had 22 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The California average is 21 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about El Sereno Alternative Education's students and teachers.
El Sereno Alternative Education Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2008)
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White
77 %
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Hispanic
10 %
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Black
6 %
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Asian
2 %
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Filipino
2 %
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American Indian/Alaskan Native
2 %
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Pacific Islander
2 %
- Students by Gender (2008)
- Male 50%
- Female 50%
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