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Petersen Alternative Center for Education
2209 Blue Gum Avenue
Modesto, CA 95358


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  • School Type: High School
  • District: Stanislaus County Office of Ed
  • Ranking compared to similar schools: B
  • Acheived API growth target: No
  • API Score to meet growth target: 429
  • School Schedule: Standard
  • Grades: 1-12
Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 0%
  • English learners: 16%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 0%
  • Migrant education program participants: 0%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 40%
  • Special education within past two years: 2%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 2.07
(based on the 81% who responded)
Graduate School
 3%
College Graduate
 7%
Some College
 19%
High School
Graduate
 35%
Not a High School
Graduate
 35%

State Rank: None  
API Score:
(2010)
4092
Student Ethnicity:
Hispanic/Latino
 53%
White
 25%
Asian
 6%
African American
 6%
Two or More
 5%
Filipino
 1%
Pacific Islander
 1%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 95358:

Related Schools:
Great Valley Academy rank: 2 in Modesto
John B. Allard rank: 1 in Turlock
Petersen Alternative Center for Education rank: A in Modesto
Stanislaus Community rank: in Modesto
Stanislaus County Special Education rank: C in Modesto
Valley Charter High rank: 7 in Modesto

Notes:
  1. The State Rank is determined by a school's API Score in comparison to all other schools in California. (1 is the worst, 10 is the best). An equal number of schools occupy each rank. * This rank comes from the 2010 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
  2. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school's performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2010.
  3. Alternative Schools receive APIs but do not receive ranks
  4. Parent Education is the average of all responses where "1" represents "Not a high school graduate" and "5" represents "Graduate school."
  5. More information: 2010 Base API Information Guide (PDF; 466KB; 73pp.)