Aspire Golden State College Preparatory Academy
Oakland · CA · Aspire Golden State College Preparatory Academy District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public → Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy → East Bay Innovation Academy → LIFE Academy → Alameda Community Learning Center → Lighthouse Community Charter High → Alameda Science and Technology Institute → Oakland Unity High →📋 At a glance
- 📚 3 AP courses offered — Moderate
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 82% (Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Aspire Golden State College Preparatory Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public, Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy, East Bay Innovation Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 40% of US high schools
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 29% 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -9.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 405 students:
≈ 155 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 $16,780 per student in district revenue, the 155 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $2,600,900/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public Oakland |
Public · charter | 2.1 | 228 | +79.5% |
| Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy Oakland |
Public · charter | 2.3 | 228 | -20.3% |
| East Bay Innovation Academy Oakland |
Public · charter | 3.3 | 231 | -6.1% |
| LIFE Academy Oakland |
Public | 2.0 | 248 | -8.1% |
| Alameda Community Learning Center Alameda |
Public · charter | 5.0 | 238 | +26.6% |
| Lighthouse Community Charter High Oakland |
Public · charter | 1.6 | 281 | -10.2% |
| Alameda Science and Technology Institute Alameda |
Public | 4.7 | 211 | +25.6% |
| Oakland Unity High Oakland |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 295 | -21.5% |