# Sierra Vista High (Alternative) *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sierra-vista-high-alternative-whittier/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sierra-vista-high-alternative-whittier --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `064248000496` - **School name**: Sierra Vista High (Alternative) - **Location**: Whittier, CA 90605 - **Address**: 9401 South Painter Ave. - **District**: Whittier Union High (LEAID `0642480`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Alternative/other - **School level**: High - **Grade range**: 9–12 - **Coordinates**: 33.95249, -118.04524 - **Phone**: (562)698-8121 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 284 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 12 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 23.7:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 80.3% ## State accountability rating - **System**: CA Dashboard - **Year**: 2024 - **Overall rating**: Red - **Indicators**: - elpi: Red - math: Red - college_career: Orange - ela: Red - graduation: Orange ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2024 - **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 19.9% proficient — 72 tested - **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient - **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient ## Graduation rates - **2024**: 76.6% (cohort of 261) - **2021**: 67.0% (cohort of 200) ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 111.9% (264 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 8.9% (30 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 18.1% (61 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 79.6% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 0.3% — 1 students - **English Learners**: 5.3% — 18 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Emotional Disturbance**: 1 students ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $20,534 - **Federal share**: $398 - **State + local share**: $20,136 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 338 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $23,781,458 - **Federal share**: 10.5% - **State share**: 61.9% - **Local share**: 27.5% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $10,940,415 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $73,338 - **Poverty rate**: 17.4% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 25.7% - **Unemployment**: 5.1% - **Median gross rent**: $1,807 - **Foreign-born residents**: 29.9% - **Single-parent households**: 10.8% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 0.6 miles (WASTE DISPOSAL INC) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 18 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 153 - **Nearest brownfield**: 0.87 miles (LOS ANGELES CADA CENTERS FOR ALCOHOL DRUG ABU) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: WHITTIER-CITY, WATER DEPT. - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 12.6107 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 4.2 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **Frontier High (Continuation)** — 0.0 mi away, 6.7% (this school: 8.88%) - **California High** — 1.4 mi away, 0.8% (this school: 8.88%) - **Ocean View Elementary** — 1.6 mi away, 7.6% (this school: 8.88%) - **Whittier High** — 1.9 mi away, 0.82% (this school: 8.88%) - **Pioneer High** — 2.3 mi away, 1.03% (this school: 8.88%) ### ela proficiency - **Laurel Elementary** — 0.6 mi away, 43.6% (this school: 19.95%) - **Lake Marie Elementary** — 0.6 mi away, 30.3% (this school: 19.95%) - **Richard L. Graves Middle** — 0.7 mi away, 29.05% (this school: 19.95%) - **Evergreen Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 50.2% (this school: 19.95%) - **Mulberry Elementary** — 1.0 mi away, 50.1% (this school: 19.95%) ### graduation rate - **California High** — 1.4 mi away, 97.7% (this school: 76.6%) - **Whittier High** — 1.9 mi away, 97.1% (this school: 76.6%) - **Pioneer High** — 2.3 mi away, 98.1% (this school: 76.6%) - **Santa Fe High** — 2.7 mi away, 96.7% (this school: 76.6%) - **La Serna High** — 2.7 mi away, 98.8% (this school: 76.6%) ### math proficiency - **Carmela Elementary** — 1.5 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) - **Ceres Elementary** — 1.5 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) - **East Whittier Middle** — 1.7 mi away, 66% (this school: 20%) - **Whittier High** — 1.9 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%) - **Rancho Santa Gertrudes Elementary** — 2.1 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sierra-vista-high-alternative-whittier - **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sierra-vista-high-alternative-whittier/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sierra-vista-high-alternative-whittier/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sierra-vista-high-alternative-whittier/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sierra-vista-high-alternative-whittier/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sierra-vista-high-alternative-whittier/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sierra-vista-high-alternative-whittier/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sierra-vista-high-alternative-whittier/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sierra-vista-high-alternative-whittier/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/sierra-vista-high-alternative-whittier/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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