Horizon
La Quinta · CA · Desert Sands Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Summit High (Continuation) → Amistad High (Continuation) → NOVA Academy - Coachella → La Familia Continuation High → Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S. → Hamilton → Murrieta Canyon Academy → Audeo Valley Charter →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 🎓 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 Horizon compares for families
What families should know about Horizon.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Summit High (Continuation), Amistad High (Continuation), NOVA Academy - Coachella 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?
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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ 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 -27.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 286 students:
≈ 227 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 $17,722 per student in district revenue, the 227 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $4,022,894/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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit High (Continuation) La Quinta |
Public | 0.0 | 195 | +22.6% |
| Amistad High (Continuation) Indio |
Public | 5.3 | 192 | -24.7% |
| NOVA Academy - Coachella Coachella |
Public · charter | 7.8 | 235 | -2.1% |
| La Familia Continuation High Thermal |
Public | 11.2 | 254 | +113.4% |
| Desert Sands A.T.L.A.S. Indio |
Public | 5.1 | 69 | +7.8% |
| Hamilton Anza |
Public | 23.6 | 264 | +6.0% |
| Murrieta Canyon Academy Murrieta |
Public | 54.9 | 180 | -15.9% |
| Audeo Valley Charter Moreno Valley |
Public · charter | 52.8 | 174 | -11.2% |