Alternative/PRU Other Open

Horizons School: Independent Study

๐Ÿ“ 1 Santa Barbara Rd., Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa County, 94523

269
Pupils
15.0
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Horizons School: Independent Study is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa County. The school has 269 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Charles Harrington. It is part of the Mt. Diablo Unified school district. It serves grades Kโ€“12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 18.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.

School details

Principal
Charles Harrington
School district
Mt. Diablo Unified

Enrollment & staffing

Horizons School: Independent Study enrolls 269 students across grades Kโ€“12. The student body is 40% male and 60% female. A teaching staff of 18.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.

Male students
107 (40%)
Female students
161 (60%)
Teachers (FTE)
18.0
Student-teacher ratio
15.0:1
Grade span
Kโ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 16% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino10941%
White7729%
Two or more races4316%
Asian228.2%
Black or African American155.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

116 of the school's 269 students (43%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Kโ€“12Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Horizons School: Independent Study is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.

School district: Mt. Diablo Unified

Horizons School: Independent Study is one of 52 schools in Mt. Diablo Unified, based in Concord, California. The district serves 29,494 students district-wide and employs 1,228 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 269 students, Horizons School: Independent Study is smaller than the district average of about 567 students per school.

29,494
District students
52
Schools
1,228
Teachers (FTE)

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