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Pacific Sands Academy → Mount Madonna School → Fusion Academy Los Gatos → Champion School → Second Start-Pine Hill School → Kinship Academy → Sage Academy → S.A.G.E Academy →📋 At a glance
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How Merit Academy compares for families
What families should know about Merit Academy.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Pacific Sands Academy, Mount Madonna School, Fusion Academy Los Gatos and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Enrollment trend & projection
Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.0%/year, projecting from 2022's 24 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Sands Academy Scotts Valley |
Private | 4.2 | 21 | — |
| Mount Madonna School Watsonville |
Private | 11.8 | 150 | -13.8% |
| Fusion Academy Los Gatos Los Gatos |
Private | 14.2 | 83 | -7.8% |
| Champion School Cupertino |
Private | 15.3 | 102 | — |
| Second Start-Pine Hill School San Jose |
Private | 16.9 | 91 | +19.7% |
| Kinship Academy San Jose |
Private | 17.8 | 11 | — |
| Sage Academy Campbell |
Private | 18.7 | 29 | — |
| S.A.G.E Academy Campbell |
Private | 18.7 | 31 | — |