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Alpine Union Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8Regional · 2 towns

Serves Alpine and Harbison Canyon, and parts of Crest.

Alpine’s School Grade B better than 63% of California school districts

Students
1,440
Schools
5
Spent per student
$15,983
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
21:1
Free or reduced lunch
36%
Debt
$3.7M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Alpine Union Elementary School District

  • Its letter, B: results better than 56% of California districts
  • Spends 25% less per student than the CA average
  • 21 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 6% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $3.7M, about $2,566 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B: better than 56% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math below the state, 2021–22
B
The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Alpine. Grade by grade →

1–5Boulder Oaks ElementaryThis district
6–8Joan MacQueen MiddleThis district
9–129 high schoolsGrossmont Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency31%
State average 33.1% · 914 students tested
Reading / language arts45%
State average 46.7% · 918 students tested

97% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 83% at Grossmont Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$15,983 per student · 25% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 56%Support & administration 40%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 47%State 48%Federal 6%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
1,532’20
1,539’21
1,523’22
1,539’23
1,440’24

Down 6% since 2020–21.

Students
White 51%Hispanic 33%Two or more races 11%American Indian/Alaska Native 3%Black 1%Asian <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

5 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.