City Arts & Leadership Academy
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S.F. International High → O'Connell (John) High → Marshall (Thurgood) High → Summit Public School: Shasta → Gateway High → Oceana High → Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High → Latitude 37.8 High →📋 At a glance
- 📚 3 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 2 physics · 3 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 56th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 87% (Bottom 39% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How City Arts & Leadership Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 56th percentile nationally with 3 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: S.F. International High, O'Connell (John) High, Marshall (Thurgood) High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
56th 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 39% 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 +15.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 397 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $14,040 per student in district revenue, the 427 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $5,995,080/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.F. International High San Francisco |
Public | 3.7 | 382 | +30.4% |
| O'Connell (John) High San Francisco |
Public | 3.1 | 460 | -13.2% |
| Marshall (Thurgood) High San Francisco |
Public | 2.6 | 475 | -9.7% |
| Summit Public School: Shasta Daly City |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 458 | -0.2% |
| Gateway High San Francisco |
Public · charter | 4.3 | 464 | -7.2% |
| Oceana High Pacifica |
Public | 6.2 | 471 | -17.8% |
| Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High San Francisco |
Public | 4.1 | 522 | -17.9% |
| Latitude 37.8 High Oakland |
Public · charter | 12.4 | 389 | +71.4% |