# Ark Independent Studies *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ark-independent-studies-santa-cruz/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ark-independent-studies-santa-cruz --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `063560007869` - **School name**: Ark Independent Studies - **Location**: Santa Cruz, CA 95062 - **Address**: 840 North Branciforte Ave. - **District**: Santa Cruz City High (LEAID `0635600`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Alternative/other - **School level**: High - **Grade range**: 6–12 - **Coordinates**: 36.98100, -122.01370 - **Phone**: (831)429-3898 - **Website**: http://bssc.sccs.net/schools/ark ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 56 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 2 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 28.0:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 41.1% ## State accountability rating - **System**: CA Dashboard - **Year**: 2024 - **Overall rating**: Red - **Indicators**: - elpi: 0 - math: Red - college_career: Red - ela: Red - graduation: Blue ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2024 - **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 7.6% proficient — 16 tested - **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient - **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient ## Graduation rates - **2024**: 93.8% (cohort of 32) - **2021**: 74.5% (cohort of 31) ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 61.8% (47 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 7.7% (4 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 36.5% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 9.6% — 5 students - **English Learners**: 3.9% — 2 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Other Health Impairment**: 4 students - **Specific Learning Disability**: 3 students ## Programs & enrichment - Career & Technical Education / Dual Enrollment ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $22,913 - **Federal share**: $2,179 - **State + local share**: $20,734 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 52 ### District F-33 (2020) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $1,000 - **Federal share**: 100.0% - **State share**: 100.0% - **Local share**: 100.0% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $1,000 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $95,995 - **Poverty rate**: 15.2% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 57.5% - **Unemployment**: 5.1% - **Median gross rent**: $2,207 - **Foreign-born residents**: 11.6% - **Single-parent households**: 18.8% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 4.9 miles (WATKINS JOHNSON CO STEWART DIVISION PLANT) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 2 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 7 - **Nearest brownfield**: 1.43 miles (POGONIP FARM AND GARDEN) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: SANTA CRUZ WATER DEPARTMENT - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2016-04-01 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 6.20139 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 1.4 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **Costanoa Continuation High** — 0.0 mi away, 3.45% (this school: 7.69%) - **Alternative Family Education** — 0.0 mi away, 7% (this school: 7.69%) - **Harbor High** — 1.2 mi away, 0% (this school: 7.69%) - **Santa Cruz High** — 1.3 mi away, 0.54% (this school: 7.69%) - **Santa Cruz County Court** — 1.5 mi away, 0% (this school: 7.69%) ### ela proficiency - **Costanoa Continuation High** — 0.0 mi away, 24.25% (this school: 13.8%) - **Alternative Family Education** — 0.0 mi away, 17.25% (this school: 13.8%) - **Santa Cruz City Elementary Alternative Education-Monarch** — 0.1 mi away, 49.9% (this school: 13.8%) - **Branciforte Middle** — 0.3 mi away, 56.6% (this school: 13.8%) - **Gault Elementary** — 0.4 mi away, 63% (this school: 13.8%) ### graduation rate - **Harbor High** — 1.2 mi away, 94.5% (this school: 93.8%) - **Santa Cruz High** — 1.3 mi away, 96.8% (this school: 93.8%) - **Soquel High** — 3.1 mi away, 96.4% (this school: 93.8%) - **Scotts Valley High** — 6.3 mi away, 95.9% (this school: 93.8%) - **San Lorenzo Valley High** — 6.7 mi away, 94.9% (this school: 93.8%) ### math proficiency - **Santa Cruz City Elementary Alternative Education-Monarch** — 0.1 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%) - **Branciforte Middle** — 0.3 mi away, 66% (this school: 20%) - **Gault Elementary** — 0.4 mi away, 66% (this school: 20%) - **Harbor High** — 1.2 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%) - **De Laveaga Elementary** — 1.2 mi away, 66% (this school: 20%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ark-independent-studies-santa-cruz - **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ark-independent-studies-santa-cruz/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ark-independent-studies-santa-cruz/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ark-independent-studies-santa-cruz/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ark-independent-studies-santa-cruz/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ark-independent-studies-santa-cruz/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ark-independent-studies-santa-cruz/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ark-independent-studies-santa-cruz/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ark-independent-studies-santa-cruz/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/ark-independent-studies-santa-cruz/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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