Similar nearby schools
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JCS - Manzanita → San Diego County ROP → Home & Hosp/Transition Support → Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter → Whittier K-12 → Grossmont Middle College High → Urban Discovery Academy Charter → Learning Choice Academy →At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Alba compares for families
What families should know about Alba.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: JCS - Manzanita, San Diego County ROP, Home & Hosp/Transition Support 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.
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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JCS - Manzanita La Mesa |
Public · charter | 7.2 | 18 | — |
| San Diego County ROP San Diego |
Public | 2.9 | — | — |
| Home & Hosp/Transition Support San Diego |
Public | 0.8 | 31 | — |
| Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter Chula Vista |
Public · charter | 7.9 | — | — |
| Whittier K-12 San Diego |
Public | 5.2 | 36 | — |
| Grossmont Middle College High El Cajon |
Public | 8.7 | 37 | — |
| Urban Discovery Academy Charter San Diego |
Public · charter | 2.7 | 51 | -50.5% |
| Learning Choice Academy San Diego |
Public · charter | 6.6 | 54 | +0.0% |
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