Valley Achievement Center
Bakersfield · CA · Private independent · K-12 combined
📋 At a glance
- Program details not reported to CRDC
- Academic signals not yet ingested for this school
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Valley Achievement Center compares for families
What families should know about Valley Achievement Center.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Bakersfield Christian High School, Bethel Christian, Bakersfield Adventist Academy 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 -7.2%/year, projecting from 2022's 25 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield Christian High School Bakersfield |
Private | 3.5 | 622 | +28.0% |
| Bethel Christian Bakersfield |
Private | 7.0 | 41 | — |
| Bakersfield Adventist Academy Bakersfield |
Private | 8.0 | 128 | — |
| Christ Centered Church Bakersfield/Gideon Academy Bakersfield |
Private | 8.7 | 56 | — |
| Nigritian Academy Bakersfield |
Private | 9.0 | 8 | — |
| Free Will Christian Academy Shafter |
Private | 16.1 | 26 | — |
| Besant Hill School Of Happy Valley Ojai |
Private | 62.3 | 73 | — |
| Ojai Valley School Ojai |
Private | 62.5 | 271 | -1.8% |