PUC Early College Academy for Leaders and Scholars (ECALS)
Los Angeles · CA · PUC Early College Acad for Leaders and Scholars (ECALS) DIST · Public charter
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Alliance Tennenbaum Family Technology High → PUC CALS Middle School and Early College High → Alliance Susan and Eric Smidt Technology High → Renaissance Arts Academy → Academia Avance Charter → Alliance Leichtman-Levine Family Foundation Env Sci High → Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet → Central Juvenile Hall →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How PUC Early College Academy for Leaders and Scholars (ECALS) compares for families
What families should know about PUC Early College Academy for Leaders and Scholars (ECALS).
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Alliance Tennenbaum Family Technology High, PUC CALS Middle School and Early College High, Alliance Susan and Eric Smidt Technology High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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?
60th percentile nationally
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 -5.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 195 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Tennenbaum Family Technology High Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.0 | 174 | -27.2% |
| PUC CALS Middle School and Early College High Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 3.8 | 177 | -37.0% |
| Alliance Susan and Eric Smidt Technology High Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 2.3 | 239 | -35.2% |
| Renaissance Arts Academy Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.4 | 144 | -11.7% |
| Academia Avance Charter Highland Park |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 139 | -32.5% |
| Alliance Leichtman-Levine Family Foundation Env Sci High Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.9 | 296 | -20.9% |
| Esteban Torres East LA Performing Arts Magnet Los Angeles |
Public | 5.5 | 243 | -36.1% |
| Central Juvenile Hall Los Angeles |
Public | 3.2 | 137 | +61.2% |