📍 115 Casserly Rd., Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, 95076
Alianza Charter is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County. The school has 640 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Veronica Aguilar. It is part of the Pajaro Valley Unified school district. It serves grades K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.5:1. It operates as a public charter school.
Alianza Charter enrolls 640 students across grades K–8. The student body is 49% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 625 | 98% |
| White | 10 | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
509 of the school's 640 students (80%) 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.
Alianza Charter is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Alianza Charter is one of 34 schools in Pajaro Valley Unified, based in Watsonville, California. The district serves 16,588 students district-wide and employs 831 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 640 students, Alianza Charter is larger than the district average of about 488 students per school.