Alpha Charter School: Full Guide

Location: Elverta, CA

Are you a student or parent at Alpha Charter School? Want to understand how to get the most out of high school?

We've written the best guide to Alpha Charter available. Here we'll cover:

Breakdowns of student ethnicity, gender, and family income
How safe Alpha Charter is to attend
SAT/ACT/AP scores earned by Alpha Charter students
Which AP/IB classes you can take at Alpha Charter
Every sports team you can join at Alpha Charter

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Basic Information

Alpha Charter School is a public school, supporting grades 0 to 12 . It's located in Elverta, CA in Sacramento County.

Based on its location, Alpha Charter is classified as a school in a large suburb. Here's the location on a map:

Contact Information

Mailing address:

Alpha Charter School
8920 Elwyn Ave.
Elverta, CA 95626

Phone number: 9169912244

Alpha Charter School homepage: http://www.ejesd.net/alpha-charter-school

Principal: Michael Borgaard
Email the principal: [email protected]

Student Demographics

Student Enrollment

The total enrollment at Alpha Charter School is 22 students, making it a small high school, in the bottom 25% of all California high schools by size.

With at most a few dozen students in your class, you'll get to know most other Alpha Charter students well. But the small student body size may mean that you won't get access to the full range of activities and classes that other high schools offer.

If you find that your interests aren't well served by Alpha Charter, consider transferring to a larger high school if possible, or find ways to supplement your interests in your community or on the Internet.

Growth in Student Body Size

Is Alpha Charter School growing or shrinking? This will help you see trends in where the school is headed.

From our calculations, the enrollment at Alpha Charter has increased over the past few years. We calculate this by comparing enrollment in grades 9 to 12.

	Male Students	All Students
9^th grade	17	17
10^th grade	0	0
11^th grade	0	0
12^th grade	0	0

As you can see in the table above, the freshman class is 17 students larger than the senior class. This suggests that the school is growing in size and taking on more students.

There are a few reasons this could be happening. The city of Elverta could be growing in population, thus sending more students into Alpha Charter. Alternatively, Alpha Charter could be relaxing its student policies and taking in more students.

Gender Split

Are there more boys or girls at Alpha Charter School?

From our statistics, Alpha Charter has a 100:0 split between male and female students in the high school grades.

There is a large male majority at Alpha Charter, and much more than you would expect from the general population in Sacramento County. As a result, it'll feel like there are a lot more girls than boys in your classes.

Sometimes this imbalance can result from random chance and may not suggest anything about Alpha Charter. In other cases, the school might preferentially select for males. For example, in our data we find that continuation high schools unfortunately seem to be male-dominated. In yet other cases, other neighboring schools might attract female students, drawing them away from Alpha Charter.

If the male majority is concerning to you, we suggest contacting Alpha Charter administration and asking if they have any thoughts about why there's a gender imbalance. Their phone number is 9169912244.

Ethnicity Breakdown

What's the racial diversity at Alpha Charter School? Does one ethnicity make up most of the student body, or is it fairly balanced?

From our statistics, Alpha Charter has a diverse student body. No single ethnicity composes more than 50% of all students, which means you'll be surrounded by a diverse set of students in class. Only a third of California schools show this much diversity.

The most common ethnicity at Alpha Charter is white. In California, white students make up 26.3% of all California students, and are the second most common ethnicity after Hispanic students.

	Percentage	Number
American Indian/Alaska Native	4.5%	1
Asian	0.0%	0
Hispanic	9.0%	2
Black	31.8%	7
White	40.9%	9
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	0.0%	0
Two or more races	13.6%	3

High schools usually reflect the population in the surrounding area, so the ethnicities of students likely resembles those of Elverta. If you'd like to see how other nearby schools look in diversity, just google "[name of school] prepscholar" to find our guide to that specific school.

Income Level of Alpha Charter Families

What are the family incomes of students at Alpha Charter School? To determine this, we look at the number of students who qualify for free or reduced lunches, a classification by the US federal government.

To qualify for a reduced price meal, family income needs to be below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $45,000 or below.

To qualify for a free meal, family income needs to be below 130% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $32,000 or below.

The lower the percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced price meals, the higher the income levels are likely to be.

At Alpha Charter, 4.5% of students qualify for reduced-price lunches, and 27.2% qualify for free lunches.

This means Alpha Charter has a low poverty level. The overwhelming majority of students at Alpha Charter don't qualify for free or reduced price lunches. Elverta is thus likely to be an affluent community, with quite high family incomes.

	Number	Percent
Reduced-price lunches	1	4.5%
Free lunches	6	27.2%
Do not qualify for reduced-price or free lunches	15	68.1%

As with ethnicity, this likely reflects the surrounding community in Elverta and doesn't speak much about the school itself.

Because Alpha Charter is in the top quartile of schools by family income, it's likely to be well-funded relative to other high schools in California. This means you'll likely have access to advanced coursework like AP/IB classes and better-funded extracurriculars and sports.

It's still up to you, though, to take advantage of the resources Alpha Charter has to offer. If you work hard and spend your time effectively, you'll likely be well positioned to succeed in college and beyond.

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