California Virtual Academy San Mateo
Simi Valley · CA · California Virtual Academy San Mateo District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Monte Vista → Academy of the Canyons → PUC Lakeview Charter High → PUC Triumph Charter Academy and PUC Triumph Charter High → Malibu High → Magnolia Science Academy → Valor Academy High → Santa Susana High →📋 At a glance
- 📚 14 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 2 physics · 6 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 80th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 67% (Bottom 13% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How California Virtual Academy San Mateo compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 20% 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: Monte Vista, Academy of the Canyons, 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
80th 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 13% 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
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
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 +0.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,136 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $8,612 per student in district revenue, the 47 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $404,764/year in additional funding.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Vista Simi Valley |
Public | 1.4 | 245 | -15.2% |
| Academy of the Canyons Santa Clarita |
Public | 15.5 | 385 | -2.5% |
| PUC Lakeview Charter High Sylmar |
Public · charter | 19.5 | 444 | +2.5% |
| PUC Triumph Charter Academy and PUC Triumph Charter High Sylmar |
Public · charter | 19.5 | 434 | +1.2% |
| Malibu High Malibu |
Public | 17.4 | 387 | -6.1% |
| Magnolia Science Academy Reseda |
Public · charter | 16.1 | 360 | -4.8% |
| Valor Academy High North Hills |
Public · charter | 19.6 | 492 | -7.7% |
| Santa Susana High Simi Valley |
Public | 4.0 | 1,033 | -4.0% |