America's Finest Charter
San Diego · CA · America's Finest Charter District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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City Heights Preparatory Charter → Monarch → East Village Middle College High → Urban Discovery Academy Charter → San Diego Metro Career and Tech → Riley/New Dawn → The Learning Choice Academy - East County → MAAC Community Charter →At a glance
- 2 AP courses offered — Moderate
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- AP rigor: Bottom 37% of US high schools
- 4-yr grad rate: 75% in 2019 (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How America's Finest Charter compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: City Heights Preparatory Charter, Monarch, East Village Middle College High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 37% of US high schools
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 21% 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.
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 -5.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 396 students:
≈ 97 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 $14,059 per student in district revenue, the 97 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,363,723/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Heights Preparatory Charter San Diego |
Public · charter | 3.0 | 83 | +20.3% |
| Monarch San Diego |
Public | 3.1 | 77 | -10.5% |
| East Village Middle College High San Diego |
Public | 3.2 | 138 | +39.4% |
| Urban Discovery Academy Charter San Diego |
Public · charter | 3.2 | 51 | -50.5% |
| San Diego Metro Career and Tech San Diego |
Public | 7.6 | 119 | +11.2% |
| Riley/New Dawn San Diego |
Public | 8.2 | 63 | -17.1% |
| The Learning Choice Academy - East County La Mesa |
Public · charter | 5.7 | 165 | +35.2% |
| MAAC Community Charter Chula Vista |
Public · charter | 7.7 | 171 | -15.3% |
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