Walden Center & School
Private · Grades Pre-K–6 · 67 students
Berkeley Independent Study K-8
2701 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley, CA 94703
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
19
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
9.5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Berkeley Unified
Alameda County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About Berkeley Independent Study K-8
Berkeley Independent Study K-8 is an alternative elementary school in Berkeley, California, serving grades K–8. It is part of Berkeley Unified. The school is located in a midsize city in Alameda County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 19 students were enrolled, with about 9.5 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical California elementary school (21.4 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 19 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.5 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- City — Midsize
- School district
- Berkeley Unified
- County
- Alameda County
- NCES school ID
- 060474014650
Schools near Berkeley Independent Study K-8
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Public · Grades K–5 · 379 students
Washington Elementary
Public · Grades K–5 · 401 students
Berkwood Hedge School
Private · Grades K–8 · 128 students
American Intl Montessori School
Private · Grades Pre-K–6 · 60 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.