📍 10250 El Nopal, Santee, San Diego County, 92071
Santee Alternative is an Alternative/PRU serving elementary age pupils, located in Santee, San Diego County. The school has 19 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mike Olander. It is part of the Santee school district. It serves grades K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
Santee Alternative enrolls 19 students across grades K–8. The student body is 63% male and 37% female. A teaching staff of 2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% White, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 16% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 9 | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 32% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 1 | 5.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
7 of the school's 19 students (37%) 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.
Santee Alternative is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students.
Santee Alternative is one of 11 schools in Santee, based in Santee, California. The district serves 6,076 students district-wide and employs 262 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 19 students, Santee Alternative is smaller than the district average of about 552 students per school.