# Thomas Gaines Virtual Academy

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/thomas-gaines-virtual-academy-antioch

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060285014525`
- **School name**: Thomas Gaines Virtual Academy
- **Location**: Antioch, CA 94531
- **Address**: 4730 Sterling Hills Dr.
- **District**: Antioch Unified (LEAID `0602850`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Alternative/other
- **School level**: Primary
- **Grade range**: 0–8
- **Coordinates**: 37.96968, -121.76671
- **Phone**: (925)779-7640
- **Website**: https://www.antiochschools.net/domain/32

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 261
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 14
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 18.6:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 90.0%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Orange
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Orange
  - math: Red
  - ela: Red
  - chronic_absent: Orange

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 32.5% proficient — 189 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 22.0% (82 students) [source: ca_dashboard]

## Demographics (2023)
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 83.5%

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $25,468
- **Federal share**: $14,184
- **State + local share**: $11,284
- **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 291
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $16,915,055
- **Federal share**: 11.4%
- **State share**: 60.0%
- **Local share**: 28.6%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $9,676,668

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $129,375
- **Poverty rate**: 4.0%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 28.2%
- **Unemployment**: 3.6%
- **Median gross rent**: $3,501
- **Foreign-born residents**: 25.6%
- **Single-parent households**: 14.1%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 13.8 miles (CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 13
- **Nearest brownfield**: 2.55 miles (PG E CORP YARD)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: CITY OF ANTIOCH
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 3.94499 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 14.3 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **Deer Valley High** — 0.6 mi away, 0.39% (this school: 22%)
- **Dozier-Libbey Medical High** — 1.5 mi away, 0% (this school: 22%)
- **Pioneer Elementary** — 2.0 mi away, 13.5% (this school: 22%)
- **Almond Grove Elementary** — 2.2 mi away, 11.9% (this school: 22%)
- **Bidwell Continuation High** — 2.5 mi away, 5.84% (this school: 22%)

### ela proficiency
- **Black Diamond Middle** — 0.0 mi away, 33.3% (this school: 26.25%)
- **Jack London Elementary** — 0.5 mi away, 32.75% (this school: 26.25%)
- **Deer Valley High** — 0.6 mi away, 41.35% (this school: 26.25%)
- **Carmen Dragon Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 36.25% (this school: 26.25%)
- **Diablo Vista Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 39% (this school: 26.25%)

### math proficiency
- **Black Diamond Middle** — 0.0 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Jack London Elementary** — 0.5 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Deer Valley High** — 0.6 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Carmen Dragon Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Diablo Vista Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/thomas-gaines-virtual-academy-antioch
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/thomas-gaines-virtual-academy-antioch/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/thomas-gaines-virtual-academy-antioch/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/thomas-gaines-virtual-academy-antioch/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/thomas-gaines-virtual-academy-antioch/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/thomas-gaines-virtual-academy-antioch/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/thomas-gaines-virtual-academy-antioch/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/thomas-gaines-virtual-academy-antioch/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/thomas-gaines-virtual-academy-antioch/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/thomas-gaines-virtual-academy-antioch/workforce

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*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). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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