📍 1840 Benton St., Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, 95050
Wilson Alternative is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County. The school has 163 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Pamela Galano. It is part of the Santa Clara Unified school district. It serves grades K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
Wilson Alternative enrolls 163 students across grades K–12. The student body is 48% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Hispanic or Latino, 20% Asian and 18% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 82 | 51% |
| Asian | 32 | 20% |
| White | 29 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 9.3% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 2.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
80 of the school's 163 students (49%) 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.
Wilson Alternative is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Wilson Alternative is one of 30 schools in Santa Clara Unified, based in Santa Clara, California. The district serves 14,448 students district-wide and employs 720 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 163 students, Wilson Alternative is smaller than the district average of about 482 students per school.