University Preparatory Academy Charter
San Jose · CA · University Preparatory Academy Charter District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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KIPP San Jose Collegiate → Alpha Cindy Avitia High → Summit Public School: Tahoma → Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers Family Lrng → Santa Clara County Special Education → ACE Charter High → KIPP Navigate College Prep → Kathleen MacDonald High →📋 At a glance
- 📚 12 AP courses offered — Elite
- 🎓 AP rigor: 70th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 27% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How University Preparatory Academy Charter compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 70th percentile nationally with 12 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: KIPP San Jose Collegiate, Alpha Cindy Avitia High, Summit Public School: Tahoma 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
70th 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 · 2020-21Bottom 27% 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?
90th 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
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
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 +0.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 727 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,620 per student in district revenue, the 17 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $214,540/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP San Jose Collegiate San Jose |
Public · charter | 5.4 | 512 | -4.5% |
| Alpha Cindy Avitia High San Jose |
Public · charter | 3.8 | 405 | -18.2% |
| Summit Public School: Tahoma San Jose |
Public · charter | 3.9 | 383 | +3.2% |
| Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers Family Lrng San Jose |
Public · charter | 5.9 | 658 | +58.6% |
| Santa Clara County Special Education San Jose |
Public | 6.6 | 345 | -23.0% |
| ACE Charter High San Jose |
Public · charter | 5.3 | 313 | -24.0% |
| KIPP Navigate College Prep San Jose |
Public · charter | 5.3 | 297 | -16.6% |
| Kathleen MacDonald High San Jose |
Public | 8.7 | 683 | +226.8% |