Bridges Community Day
San Juan Capistrano · CA · Capistrano Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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OCASA College Prep → College and Career Advantage → Central Orange County CTE Partnership (CTEp) → Coastline ROP → Orange County Classical Academy → Victress Bower School for Exceptional Students → REACH Academy → OUSD Community Day →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Bridges Community Day compares for families
What families should know about Bridges Community Day.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: OCASA College Prep, College and Career Advantage, Central Orange County CTE Partnership (CTEp) 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
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +10.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCASA College Prep San Juan Capistrano |
Public · charter | 0.1 | 21 | — |
| College and Career Advantage San Juan Capistrano |
Public | 1.7 | — | — |
| Central Orange County CTE Partnership (CTEp) Costa Mesa |
Public | 16.9 | — | — |
| Coastline ROP Costa Mesa |
Public | 17.9 | — | — |
| Orange County Classical Academy Orange |
Public · charter | 21.8 | 26 | — |
| Victress Bower School for Exceptional Students Norco |
Public | 28.2 | 23 | — |
| REACH Academy Santa Ana |
Public | 20.1 | 34 | — |
| OUSD Community Day Orange |
Public | 21.6 | 4 | — |