Scavo Alternative High School, IA

location_on  1800 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309 • workspace_premium  1.9 star
Public Alternative High

Membership

Enrollment and Staffing

Students 315
Low-Income Students 100%
Teachers 24
Student-Teacher Ratio 13
Enrollment by Gender School State US
Female 		49% 48% 49%
Male 		51% 52% 51%
Enrollment by Grade School State US
Grade 9 		1% 24% 23%
Grade 10 		8% 23% 22%
Grade 11 		23% 23% 21%
Grade 12 		67% 23% 21%
Enrollment by Ethnicity School State US
Asian 		2% 3% 6%
Black 		26% 7% 15%
Caucasian 		34% 76% 49%
Hispanic or Latino 		27% 11% 27%
Native American 		2% 1% 1%
Other 		9% 4% 4%

Academics

Math and Reading Proficiency

Math Proficiency 32%
Reading Proficiency 32%
Average Proficiency 32%
Test Participation 95%
Proficiency by Gender School State US
Female 		24% 76% 51%
Male 		30% 74% 47%
Proficiency by Grade School State US
High School 		32% 78% 51%
Proficiency by Ethnicity School State US
Black 		50% 47% 39%
Caucasian 		40% 79% 57%
Proficiency by Disadvantaged Group School State US
Homeless 		50% 49% 42%
Limited English 		50% 39% 32%
Low-Income 		27% 63% 40%
With Disabilities 		20% 38% 26%

Outcomes

Graduation Rates

Overall Rate 27%
Low-Income 27%
Limited English 20%
With Disabilities 34%
Graduation by Ethnicity School State US
Black 		34% 73% 75%
Caucasian 		32% 90% 86%
Other 		50% 65% 64%

Nearby Public Schools

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<1 miles, N • 4.6 star
Walnut Street School
<1 miles, E • 4.1 star
Edmunds Fine Arts Academy
<1 miles, NE • 2.8 star
Ruby Van Meter School
<1 miles, NW • 1.9 star

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