JCS - Manzanita
La Mesa · CA · JCS - Manzanita District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Alta Vista Academy → Home & Hosp/Transition Support → San Diego County Special Education → Greater San Diego Academy → Pacific Springs Charter → San Diego County ROP → Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter → Urban Discovery Academy Charter →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 75% (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How JCS - Manzanita compares for families
What families should know about JCS - Manzanita.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Alta Vista Academy, Home & Hosp/Transition Support, San Diego County Special Education and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
Source: 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 21% 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 -3.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 224 students:
≈ 35 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 $10,303 per student in district revenue, the 35 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $360,605/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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Vista Academy Chula Vista |
Public | 10.9 | 20 | — |
| Home & Hosp/Transition Support San Diego |
Public | 7.9 | 31 | — |
| San Diego County Special Education Imperial Beach |
Public | 14.6 | 13 | — |
| Greater San Diego Academy Jamul |
Public · charter | 9.7 | 41 | — |
| Pacific Springs Charter Chula Vista |
Public · charter | 9.0 | — | — |
| San Diego County ROP San Diego |
Public | 9.6 | — | — |
| Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter Chula Vista |
Public · charter | 10.2 | — | — |
| Urban Discovery Academy Charter San Diego |
Public · charter | 9.1 | 51 | -50.5% |