Acalanes Center for Independent Study
Alternative · Grades 9–12 · 61 students
Acalanes High
1200 Pleasant Hill Rd., Lafayette, CA 94549
Grades
9–12
High
Students
1,256
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
19.5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Acalanes Union High
Contra Costa County
Schola Grade A · Excellent
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,321 California high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Acalanes High
Acalanes High is a public high school in Lafayette, California, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Acalanes Union High. The school is located in a large suburb in Contra Costa County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 1,256 students were enrolled, with about 19.5 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical California high school (18.5 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is A (excellent), compared with 1,321 California high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 1,256 students
- Students per teacher
- 19.5 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 20
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- Acalanes Union High
- County
- Contra Costa County
- NCES school ID
- 060165000032
Schools near Acalanes High
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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.