Santee Education Complex
Los Angeles · CA · Los Angeles Unified · Public
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Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High → Huntington Park Senior High → John C. Fremont Senior High → Edward R. Roybal Learning Center → Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts → Augustus Hawkins High → Dr. Maya Angelou Community High → YouthBuild Charter School of California →📋 At a glance
- 📚 13 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 4 physics · 15 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 80th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 88% (Bottom 43% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Santee Education Complex compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 20% nationally with 13 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: Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High, Huntington Park Senior High, John C. Fremont Senior High 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
80th 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 43% 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 -2.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,582 students:
≈ 213 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 $24,124 per student in district revenue, the 213 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $5,138,412/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High Los Angeles |
Public | 4.0 | 1,497 | -12.7% |
| Huntington Park Senior High Huntington Park |
Public | 3.9 | 1,479 | +1.6% |
| John C. Fremont Senior High Los Angeles |
Public | 4.1 | 1,889 | -3.1% |
| Edward R. Roybal Learning Center Los Angeles |
Public | 2.3 | 1,130 | +15.8% |
| Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts Los Angeles |
Public | 2.4 | 1,102 | -3.8% |
| Augustus Hawkins High Los Angeles |
Public | 3.3 | 1,122 | +6.4% |
| Dr. Maya Angelou Community High Los Angeles |
Public | 2.4 | 971 | -8.8% |
| YouthBuild Charter School of California Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 1.4 | 880 | +13.7% |