Susan H. Nelson
Temecula · CA · Temecula Valley Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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JCS - Pine Hills → Temecula Preparatory → Empire Springs Charter → Bonsall High → Western Center Academy → Murrieta Canyon Academy → Alessandro High → San Jacinto Leadership Academy - Magnet →📋 At a glance
- 📚 14 AP courses offered — Elite
- 🎓 AP rigor: 68th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 72% (Bottom 16% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Susan H. Nelson compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 68th percentile nationally with 14 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: JCS - Pine Hills, Temecula Preparatory, Empire Springs Charter and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
68th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 16% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -4.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 306 students:
≈ 60 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $14,011 per student in district revenue, the 60 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $840,660/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JCS - Pine Hills Temecula |
Public · charter | 2.0 | 253 | -3.1% |
| Temecula Preparatory Winchester |
Public · charter | 8.1 | 313 | -6.6% |
| Empire Springs Charter Temecula |
Public · charter | 3.5 | 487 | +54.6% |
| Bonsall High Bonsall |
Public | 13.8 | 342 | +2.1% |
| Western Center Academy Hemet |
Public · charter | 16.4 | 362 | +4.9% |
| Murrieta Canyon Academy Murrieta |
Public | 8.9 | 180 | -15.9% |
| Alessandro High Hemet |
Public | 19.9 | 335 | -0.9% |
| San Jacinto Leadership Academy - Magnet San Jacinto |
Public | 22.3 | 345 | +231.7% |