El Camino High School serves students 16 year olds and over who prefer or need an alternative to the comprehensive high school setting. Most students arrive with credit deficiencies and transfer to El Camino throughout the school year. About 50-60 students graduate each year, with another 20 to 30 returning to Rancho Cotate High School

Rancho Cotate High School

Rancho Cotate High School "The Ranch" for short, is a four-year comprehensive high school located in Rohnert Park, California. It is located at 5450 Snyder Lane, adjacent to the campus of Sonoma State University....

 to graduate with their own class. About a dozen students complete their secondary education each year by passing the California High School Proficiency Examination or the G.E.D. Test.

Campus

El Camino High School along with two other schools share a campus designed for what used to be Richard Crane Elementary School. There have been no plans to upgrade the campus to better support its new student type.

Faculty

El Camino has six fully credentialed, full time teachers, two full time campus supervisors and a part time staff of between 3-5 office attendants, as well as a full time counselor.

Curriculum

There are four methods of earning credit:

• Challenging courses: Students who have taken but failed a course may study and then take challenging examinations to pass the course.
• Traditional courses: Students attend courses and earn credit by demonstrating mastery of the curriculum.
• Contract assignments: Students who are attending regularly and working in class may do additional projects and assignments outside of class by arrangement with the teachers.
• Work experience: The school offers a work experience program in which on the job experience, together with guidance counseling earns elective credit for our students.

Classes offered:

• Math
• English
• Art
• Economics
• Government
• PE
• Science

External links

• GreatSchools.net
• CRPUSD webpage for El Camino High School

See also

• Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District
  Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District
  The Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District is a school district based in Sonoma County, California.The District serves approximately 6,700 students in the cities of Cotati and Rohnert Park and neighboring areas of Sonoma County...