# Liberty Alternative *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/liberty-alternative-san-jose/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/liberty-alternative-san-jose --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `063459006645` - **School name**: Liberty Alternative - **Location**: San Jose, CA 95136 - **Address**: 4849 Pearl Ave. - **District**: San Jose Unified (LEAID `0634590`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Alternative/other - **School level**: High - **Grade range**: 6–12 - **Coordinates**: 37.26148, -121.86469 - **Phone**: (408)535-6539 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 274 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 12 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 22.8:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 54.7% ## State accountability rating - **System**: CA Dashboard - **Year**: 2024 - **Overall rating**: Red - **Indicators**: - elpi: Red - math: Red - college_career: Orange - ela: Red - chronic_absent: Red - graduation: Orange ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2024 - **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 13.2% proficient — 83 tested - **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient - **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient ## Graduation rates - **2024**: 87.1% (cohort of 201) - **2021**: 67.0% (cohort of 134) ## Attendance - **2024**: chronic absence 76.1% (35 students) [source: ca_dashboard] - **2020**: chronic absence 57.6% (148 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 3.3% (12 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 1.7% (6 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**: 63.0% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 16.9% — 61 students - **English Learners**: 16.0% — 58 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 16 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 15 students - **Autism**: 9 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 4 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 2 students - **Hearing Impairment**: 1 students - **Multiple Disabilities**: 1 students - **Traumatic Brain Injury**: 1 students ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $22,194 - **Federal share**: $9,903 - **State + local share**: $12,291 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 362 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $20,727,655 - **Federal share**: 8.7% - **State share**: 23.6% - **Local share**: 67.7% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $9,538,692 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $134,784 - **Poverty rate**: 10.0% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 50.3% - **Unemployment**: 4.5% - **Median gross rent**: $2,023 - **Foreign-born residents**: 37.7% - **Single-parent households**: 3.6% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 3.9 miles (LORENTZ BARREL DRUM CO) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 33 - **Nearest brownfield**: 2.19 miles (ORVIETO FAMILY APARTMENTS) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: SAN JOSE WATER - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 2 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2023-06-01 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 7.386 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 5.4 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **Gunderson High** — 0.6 mi away, 0.36% (this school: 76.1%) - **Terrell Elementary** — 0.7 mi away, 31.3% (this school: 76.1%) - **Rachel Carson Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 30.4% (this school: 76.1%) - **Broadway High** — 0.8 mi away, 3.28% (this school: 76.1%) - **John Muir Middle** — 1.0 mi away, 28.9% (this school: 76.1%) ### ela proficiency - **Gunderson High** — 0.6 mi away, 48.1% (this school: 16.6%) - **Terrell Elementary** — 0.7 mi away, 43.3% (this school: 16.6%) - **Rachel Carson Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 54.05% (this school: 16.6%) - **John Muir Middle** — 1.0 mi away, 41.4% (this school: 16.6%) - **Allen at Steinbeck** — 1.1 mi away, 36.1% (this school: 16.6%) ### graduation rate - **Gunderson High** — 0.6 mi away, 91.6% (this school: 87.1%) - **Pioneer High** — 1.4 mi away, 97% (this school: 87.1%) - **Branham High** — 2.0 mi away, 95.1% (this school: 87.1%) - **University Preparatory Academy Charter** — 2.1 mi away, 98% (this school: 87.1%) - **Summit Public School: Tahoma** — 2.5 mi away, 97.4% (this school: 87.1%) ### math proficiency - **Gunderson High** — 0.6 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%) - **Terrell Elementary** — 0.7 mi away, 66% (this school: 20%) - **Rachel Carson Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 66% (this school: 20%) - **Allen at Steinbeck** — 1.1 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) - **Hacienda Science/Environmental Magnet** — 1.1 mi away, 66% (this school: 20%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/liberty-alternative-san-jose - **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/liberty-alternative-san-jose/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/liberty-alternative-san-jose/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/liberty-alternative-san-jose/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/liberty-alternative-san-jose/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/liberty-alternative-san-jose/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/liberty-alternative-san-jose/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/liberty-alternative-san-jose/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/liberty-alternative-san-jose/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/liberty-alternative-san-jose/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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