Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs is a public alternative school serving grades K-12 with an enrollment of 58 students, located in Santa Rosa, California. The school has consistently struggled with low academic performance, high dropout rates, and high chronic absenteeism over the past several years.
Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs has had extremely low four-year graduation rates, ranging from 8.7% to 42.9% over the past 5 years, which is significantly lower than the state average of around 85% and the other nearby alternative schools like Sonoma County Special Education (7.7% graduation rate) and Sonoma County Court (46.2% graduation rate). The school has also had very high dropout rates, ranging from 27.3% to 61.9% over the past 5 years, much higher than the state average and the other alternative schools in the area. Additionally, Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs has struggled with extremely high chronic absenteeism, ranging from 73.2% to 87.3% over the past 5 years, more than double the state average.
Compared to nearby charter schools, Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs also falls short, with schools like Pathways Charter (86.1% graduation rate), California Pacific Charter - Sonoma (90.5% graduation rate), and Pivot Charter School - North Bay (42.9% graduation rate) all having much higher graduation rates and lower dropout rates compared to Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs. The school's high percentage of students eligible for free/reduced-price lunch, ranging from 52.63% to 71.79% over the past 3 years, suggests it serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges.
Students at Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs are 66% Hispanic, 22% White, 3% African American, 3% American Indian, 2% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander, 2% Two or more races.
Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs ranks in the bottom 0.6% of California alternative schools.
In the 2022-23 school year, 58 students attended Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs.
Sonoma County Office of Education