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Decoto School for Independent Study, Union City, CA

Decoto School for Independent Study is a public school in Union City, part of New Haven Unified. It enrolled 233 students in 2024-25, with 23.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
233
Teachers (FTE)
10.0
Students per teacher
23.3
Grades
K to 12

This school's ratio is 1.5 lower than the district figure of 24.8. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school23.3
District24.8
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
725 Whipple Rd., Union City, CA 94587
Phone
(510)476-2696
District
New Haven Unified
County
Alameda County
Level
Other
Type
Alternative
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
062691013202
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
114
Reduced-price lunch
38
Free or reduced-price lunch
15265.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
89Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other schools elsewhere in Union City

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.