Valor Academy High
North Hills · CA · Valor Academy High District · Public charter
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CHAMPS - Charter HS of Arts-Multimedia & Performing → Robert Fulton College Preparatory → PUC Lakeview Charter High → Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Acad of Scientific Explr (ASE) → Alliance Marine - Innovation and Technology 6-12 Complex → PUC Triumph Charter Academy and PUC Triumph Charter High → PUC Comm Charter Mid and PUC Comm Charter Early College High → Vaughn Next Century Learning Center →📋 At a glance
- 📚 7 AP courses offered — Elite
- 🔢 3 calculus classes · 4 physics · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 70th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 82% (Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Valor Academy High compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 70th percentile nationally with 7 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: CHAMPS - Charter HS of Arts-Multimedia & Performing, Robert Fulton College Preparatory, PUC Lakeview Charter High 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
70th 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 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 -2.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 492 students:
≈ 59 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 $15,638 per student in district revenue, the 59 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $922,642/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMPS - Charter HS of Arts-Multimedia & Performing Van Nuys |
Public · charter | 3.2 | 424 | -16.5% |
| Robert Fulton College Preparatory Van Nuys |
Public | 2.2 | 603 | +5.6% |
| PUC Lakeview Charter High Sylmar |
Public · charter | 5.1 | 444 | +2.5% |
| Cesar E. Chavez Lrng Acads-Acad of Scientific Explr (ASE) San Fernando |
Public | 3.9 | 420 | -6.5% |
| Alliance Marine - Innovation and Technology 6-12 Complex Sun Valley |
Public · charter | 3.7 | 590 | +14.3% |
| PUC Triumph Charter Academy and PUC Triumph Charter High Sylmar |
Public · charter | 5.1 | 434 | +1.2% |
| PUC Comm Charter Mid and PUC Comm Charter Early College High Lake View Terrace |
Public · charter | 5.1 | 416 | -8.4% |
| Vaughn Next Century Learning Center San Fernando |
Public · charter | 3.4 | 700 | -11.3% |