# Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/central-unified-alternative-opportunity-fresno

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060797009345`
- **School name**: Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity
- **Location**: Fresno, CA 93722
- **Address**: 2698 North Brawley
- **District**: Central Unified (LEAID `0607970`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Alternative/other
- **School level**: Other
- **Grade range**: 0–12
- **Coordinates**: 36.77799, -119.86175
- **Phone**: (559)276-5230
- **Website**: http://cl.centralunified.org

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 260
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 10
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 26.0:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 75.4%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Red
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Red
  - math: Red
  - college_career: Red
  - ela: Orange
  - chronic_absent: Red
  - graduation: Orange

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 35.5% proficient — 64 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 38.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient

## Graduation rates
- **2024**: 66.4% (cohort of 149)
- **2021**: 52.0% (cohort of 138)

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 46.7% (21 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 68.6% (155 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 1.1% (3 students) [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.4%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 73.2%
- **Black/African American**: 1.8%
- **Asian**: 8.5%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 15.6%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.0%
- **Two or more races**: 0.4%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 81.2%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 6.1% — 17 students
- **English Learners**: 5.8% — 16 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 17 students
- **Other Health Impairment**: 7 students
- **Emotional Disturbance**: 3 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Gifted & Talented

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $0
- **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 277
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $18,688,156
- **Federal share**: 12.0%
- **State share**: 65.7%
- **Local share**: 22.2%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $8,134,910

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $47,788
- **Poverty rate**: 35.2%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 8.4%
- **Unemployment**: 13.1%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,233
- **Foreign-born residents**: 31.0%
- **Single-parent households**: 25.7%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 5.3 miles (INDUSTRIAL WASTE PROCESSING)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 18
- **Nearest brownfield**: 0.79 miles (PROPOSED VALENTINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: CITY OF FRESNO
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2016-01-01

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 10.8854 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 4.9 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **Hanh Phan Tilley Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 28.6% (this school: 46.7%)
- **Central Online Home** — 0.8 mi away, 19.3% (this school: 46.7%)
- **El Capitan Middle** — 1.0 mi away, 23.6% (this school: 46.7%)
- **McKinley Elementary** — 1.0 mi away, 20.5% (this school: 46.7%)
- **John Steinbeck Elementary** — 1.1 mi away, 23.1% (this school: 46.7%)

### ela proficiency
- **Hanh Phan Tilley Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 38.4% (this school: 36.75%)
- **Central Online Home** — 0.8 mi away, 39.15% (this school: 36.75%)
- **McKinley Elementary** — 1.0 mi away, 37.5% (this school: 36.75%)
- **John Steinbeck Elementary** — 1.1 mi away, 38.4% (this school: 36.75%)
- **Central East High** — 1.4 mi away, 48.8% (this school: 36.75%)

### graduation rate
- **Central Online Home** — 0.8 mi away, 86.2% (this school: 66.4%)
- **Dewolf Continuation High** — 1.4 mi away, 66.9% (this school: 66.4%)
- **Central East High** — 1.4 mi away, 92.9% (this school: 66.4%)
- **Justin Garza High** — 3.1 mi away, 93.3% (this school: 66.4%)
- **Fresno High** — 3.2 mi away, 85.7% (this school: 66.4%)

### math proficiency
- **Hanh Phan Tilley Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **John Steinbeck Elementary** — 1.1 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Central East High** — 1.4 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Cooper Middle** — 1.6 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Homan Elementary** — 1.7 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/central-unified-alternative-opportunity-fresno
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/central-unified-alternative-opportunity-fresno/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/central-unified-alternative-opportunity-fresno/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/central-unified-alternative-opportunity-fresno/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/central-unified-alternative-opportunity-fresno/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/central-unified-alternative-opportunity-fresno/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/central-unified-alternative-opportunity-fresno/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/central-unified-alternative-opportunity-fresno/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/central-unified-alternative-opportunity-fresno/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/central-unified-alternative-opportunity-fresno/workforce

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*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). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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