Community Day School III: Full Guide

Location: Bishop, CA

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

We've written the best guide to Community Day School III available. Here we'll cover:

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

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Basic Information

Community Day School III is a public school, supporting grades 9 to 12 . It's located in Bishop, CA in Inyo County.

Based on its location, Community Day School III is classified as a school in a remote town, or more than 35 miles from an urbanized area. Here's the location on a map:

Contact Information

Mailing address:

Community Day School III
301 N. Fowler
Bishop, CA 93514-2609

Phone number: 7608723680

Community Day School III homepage: https://bishop-ca.schoolloop.com/SARC

Principal: Randy Cook
Email the principal: [email protected]

Student Demographics

Student Enrollment

The total enrollment at Community Day School III is 2 students, making it a very small high school, in the bottom 10% of all California high schools by size.

Attending Community Day School III will feel very cozy, and you'll likely know everyone in your school. This will be a very intimate learning environment.

Unfortunately, with a tiny class size, you may lack a large diversity of activities and classes to join. If you feel your interests aren't well catered by Community Day School III, you might consider independent learning or looking at nearby, larger high schools.

Growth in Student Body Size

Is Community Day School III growing or shrinking? This will help you see trends in where the school is headed.

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

	Male Students	Female Students	All Students
9^th grade	0	1	1
10^th grade	1	0	1
11^th grade	0	0	0
12^th grade	0	0	0

As you can see in the table above, the freshman class is 1 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 Bishop could be growing in population, thus sending more students into Community Day School III. Alternatively, Community Day School III could be relaxing its student policies and taking in more students.

Gender Split

Are there more boys or girls at Community Day School III?

From our statistics, Community Day School III has a 50:50 split between male and female students in the high school grades.

Community Day School III has a balanced male-female ratio that's largely representative of the general population in Inyo County. Since the student body is roughly half and half, it should feel like there are equal numbers of boys and girls in your classes.

This usually means that Community Day School III doesn't strongly select for either males or females, unlike other schools that have a large majority of males or females.

Ethnicity Breakdown

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

From our statistics, Community Day School III has a somewhat homogenous student body, with the majority of students identifying as one ethnicity, but not representing over 70% of the student body. Most schools in California fit this profile, so Community Day School III isn't out of the ordinary. Most students attending class with you will be of the predominant ethnicity, but there will be meaningful diversity from other races.

The majority of students at Community Day School III are Hispanic. In California, Hispanic students make up the majority of all students at 51.5%, and are thus the most common ethnicity. Predominantly Hispanic schools are the most common type of homogenous school, and Community Day School III fits within this category.

	Percentage	Number
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.0%	0
Asian	0.0%	0
Hispanic	50.0%	1
Black	50.0%	1
White	0.0%	0
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	0.0%	0
Two or more races	0.0%	0

High schools usually reflect the population in the surrounding area, so the ethnicities of students likely resembles those of Bishop. 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 Community Day School III Families

What are the family incomes of students at Community Day School III? 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 Community Day School III, 0.0% of students qualify for reduced-price lunches, and 0.0% qualify for free lunches.

This means Community Day School III has a very low poverty level. Nearly no students at Community Day School III qualify for free or reduced price lunches. Bishop is thus likely to have a very affluent community, and Community Day School III is in the top 10% of California schools in terms of family income.

	Number	Percent
Reduced-price lunches	0	0.0%
Free lunches	0	0.0%
Do not qualify for reduced-price or free lunches	2	100.0%

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

Because Community Day School III 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 Community Day School III 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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School Safety

How safe is Community Day School III to attend? Can you expect a lot of conflict as a student here?

To study this, we look at disciplinary data for two types of incidents at Community Day School III: referrals to law enforcement (when incidents are reported to police), and arrests.

These are the most serious disciplinary actions available to school administration and are more severe than suspensions or expulsions. Suspensions are often discretionary and can be given just for being disruptive in class. In contrast, law enforcement referrals and arrests often indicate incidents that put the safety of other Community Day School III students at risk.

In the school year of 2011-2012, there were 0 referrals to law enforcement, and 0 school-related arrests. This is out of a total enrollment of 4 students.

To put this into perspective, most California schools (59% of them) reported 0 law enforcement referrals and arrests.

Compare this school with other high schools in the same school district, using the following table:

Bishop Unified School District Safety

School Name	Total Referred	Total Arrests	Enrollment
Bishop Union High	15	2	660
Keith B. Bright High (juvenile Hall)	0	0	4
Palisade Glacier High (continuation)	0	0	46
Bishop Independent Study	0	0	24

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