# Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/petersen-alternative-center-for-education-at-john-b-allard-ceres

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `069104107887`
- **School name**: Petersen Alternative Center for Education at John B Allard
- **Location**: Ceres, CA 95307
- **Address**: 3113 Mitchell Rd.
- **District**: Stanislaus County Office of Education (LEAID `0691041`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Alternative/other
- **School level**: High
- **Grade range**: 6–12
- **Coordinates**: 37.58989, -120.93935
- **Phone**: (209)238-6717
- **Website**: https://www.stancoe.org

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 138
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 8
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 17.2:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 86.2%

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

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 0.0% proficient — 69 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient

## Graduation rates
- **2024**: 41.5% (cohort of 53)
- **2021**: 22.0% (cohort of 67)

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 73.0% (46 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 92.3% (132 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 5.1% (6 students) [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 18.8% (22 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**: 84.6%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 6.8% — 8 students
- **English Learners**: 15.4% — 18 students

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $32,868
- **Federal share**: $11,890
- **State + local share**: $20,978
- **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 117
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $443,139,706
- **Federal share**: 22.6%
- **State share**: 38.4%
- **Local share**: 39.0%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $68,776,471

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $69,177
- **Poverty rate**: 20.5%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 9.8%
- **Unemployment**: 12.6%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,387
- **Foreign-born residents**: 14.4%
- **Single-parent households**: 18.0%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 5.7 miles (MODESTO GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 39
- **Nearest brownfield**: 12.82 miles (PROPOSED SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATI)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: CERES, CITY OF
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 1
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2024-10-17

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 9.09227 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 4.7 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **John B Allard** — 0.0 mi away, 69.86% (this school: 73%)
- **Lucas Elementary** — 0.3 mi away, 8.3% (this school: 73%)
- **Argus High (Continuation)** — 0.5 mi away, 8.7% (this school: 73%)
- **Endeavor Alternative** — 0.5 mi away, 0% (this school: 73%)
- **Whitmore Charter School of Art & Technology** — 0.5 mi away, 9.4% (this school: 73%)

### ela proficiency
- **Lucas Elementary** — 0.3 mi away, 27.95% (this school: 10%)
- **Endeavor Alternative** — 0.5 mi away, 27.05% (this school: 10%)
- **Whitmore Charter School of Art & Technology** — 0.5 mi away, 57.75% (this school: 10%)
- **Whitmore Charter High** — 0.5 mi away, 47.65% (this school: 10%)
- **Walter White Elementary** — 0.6 mi away, 31.95% (this school: 10%)

### graduation rate
- **Argus High (Continuation)** — 0.5 mi away, 66.7% (this school: 41.5%)
- **Endeavor Alternative** — 0.5 mi away, 96.6% (this school: 41.5%)
- **Whitmore Charter High** — 0.5 mi away, 100% (this school: 41.5%)
- **Ceres High** — 1.0 mi away, 94.2% (this school: 41.5%)
- **Central Valley High** — 1.3 mi away, 96.1% (this school: 41.5%)

### math proficiency
- **Whitmore Charter School of Art & Technology** — 0.5 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%)
- **Walter White Elementary** — 0.6 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Cesar Chavez Junior High** — 0.7 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **La Rosa Elementary** — 0.7 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%)
- **Don Pedro Elementary** — 1.0 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/petersen-alternative-center-for-education-at-john-b-allard-ceres
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/petersen-alternative-center-for-education-at-john-b-allard-ceres/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/petersen-alternative-center-for-education-at-john-b-allard-ceres/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/petersen-alternative-center-for-education-at-john-b-allard-ceres/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/petersen-alternative-center-for-education-at-john-b-allard-ceres/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/petersen-alternative-center-for-education-at-john-b-allard-ceres/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/petersen-alternative-center-for-education-at-john-b-allard-ceres/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/petersen-alternative-center-for-education-at-john-b-allard-ceres/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/petersen-alternative-center-for-education-at-john-b-allard-ceres/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/petersen-alternative-center-for-education-at-john-b-allard-ceres/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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