Big Picture Educational Academy
Fresno · CA · Big Picture Educational Academy District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Carter G. Woodson Public Charter → Ambassador Phillip V. Sanchez II Public Charter → Career Technical Education Charter → Phillip J Patino School of Entrepreneurship → Farber School of Credit Attainment → Fresno County Special Education → Design Science Middle College High → School of Unlimited Learning →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 2 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 69% (Bottom 14% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Big Picture Educational Academy compares for families
What families should know about Big Picture Educational Academy.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Carter G. Woodson Public Charter, Ambassador Phillip V. Sanchez II Public Charter, Career Technical Education Charter 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 33% 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 14% 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 -0.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 520 students:
≈ 22 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 $15,387 per student in district revenue, the 22 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $338,514/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter G. Woodson Public Charter Fresno |
Public · charter | 4.1 | 330 | +0.3% |
| Ambassador Phillip V. Sanchez II Public Charter Fresno |
Public · charter | 0.3 | 261 | +2.8% |
| Career Technical Education Charter Fresno |
Public · charter | 2.7 | 289 | +16.5% |
| Phillip J Patino School of Entrepreneurship Fresno |
Public | 2.9 | 282 | +7.6% |
| Farber School of Credit Attainment Fresno |
Public | 2.8 | 439 | +19.9% |
| Fresno County Special Education Fresno |
Public | 1.0 | 249 | +0.4% |
| Design Science Middle College High Fresno |
Public | 2.7 | 243 | -6.9% |
| School of Unlimited Learning Fresno |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 199 | +18.5% |