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Crossroads High (Alternative) · Newark

Crossroads High (Alternative): The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Crossroads High (Alternative) is a high school in Newark. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

Alternative school — serves students who benefit from a non-traditional educational setting. Scores are not directly comparable to comprehensive schools.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. With 31 students total, this school likely falls below that threshold in most tested grades. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 2,160 high schools statewide

Has stayed near the 23rd percentile since 2019.

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ELABlue(Increased Significantly)MathBlue(Increased Significantly)

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 14% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192023
Grade 1131%18%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade201920222023
Grade 110%18%9%
Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
High School
Crossroads High (Alternative)
No score
This school

Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Teaching staff1 teachers
Avg. experience24.0 years
Fully credentialed56%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$76,368 – $132,475
Principal salary$131,506 – $182,600
Superintendent salary$247,500

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course Breadth
AP courses offered0

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $17,937, CA average $14,815$17,937 · spent at this school
Federal share$197 per student

$197 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,375 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction57%
Instruction support10%
Student services12%
Administration8%
Buildings & maintenance12%
Other1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,659 per pupil
2019$12,007 per pupil
2018$12,769 per pupil
2017$11,681 per pupil
2016$11,877 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Hispanic51.6%
District 53.7% · CA 56.1%
White16.1%
District 8.4% · CA 19.9%
Other16.1%
District 19.0% · CA 9.0%
Black9.7%
District 2.4% · CA 4.8%
Asian6.5%
District 16.5% · CA 10.2%
GenderFemale 41.9%Male 54.8%Non-binary 3.2%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 51.6% (12pp below CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$169K · CA $85K
Median home value$1.14M · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+48% · CA 35%
ZIP population46,903
Median age38 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

At 31 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).

On the state's science test (CAST), 17% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.

Your other options

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.


SchoolScope scores and verdicts are our interpretation of public California Department of Education data — independent analysis, not an official rating. How we analyze · Request a correction