Design Tech High
Redwood City · CA · Design Tech High District · Public charter
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Leadership Public Schools - Hayward → KIPP King Collegiate High → Terra Nova High → Oceana High → Summit Preparatory Charter High → Summit Public School: Shasta → Half Moon Bay High → Madison Park Academy 6-12 →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 5 physics · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 50% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Design Tech High compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Leadership Public Schools - Hayward, KIPP King Collegiate High, Terra Nova High 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 50% 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 · 2020-21Bottom 1% 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
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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 +0.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 567 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $17,503 per student in district revenue, the 3 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $52,509/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership Public Schools - Hayward Hayward |
Public · charter | 11.5 | 573 | -3.9% |
| KIPP King Collegiate High San Lorenzo |
Public · charter | 11.6 | 662 | +0.3% |
| Terra Nova High Pacifica |
Public | 12.4 | 740 | -0.3% |
| Oceana High Pacifica |
Public | 14.3 | 471 | -17.8% |
| Summit Preparatory Charter High Redwood City |
Public · charter | 4.3 | 293 | -31.9% |
| Summit Public School: Shasta Daly City |
Public · charter | 14.9 | 458 | -0.2% |
| Half Moon Bay High Half Moon Bay |
Public | 9.9 | 911 | -12.3% |
| Madison Park Academy 6-12 Oakland |
Public | 14.2 | 410 | -5.5% |