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Loconoma Valley High → Palisades High (Continuation) → Johanna Echols-Hansen High (Continuation) → Marce Becerra Academy → Clearlake Creativity → Saint Helena Opportunities Program → Sonoma County ROP → Lloyd Hance Community →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 6% 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 Buena Vista High compares for families
What families should know about Buena Vista High.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Loconoma Valley High, Palisades High (Continuation), Johanna Echols-Hansen High (Continuation) 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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loconoma Valley High Middletown |
Public | 15.1 | 10 | — |
| Palisades High (Continuation) Calistoga |
Public | 19.3 | 7 | — |
| Johanna Echols-Hansen High (Continuation) Cloverdale |
Public | 9.3 | 20 | — |
| Marce Becerra Academy Healdsburg |
Public | 6.9 | 24 | — |
| Clearlake Creativity Clearlake |
Public | 20.5 | 5 | — |
| Saint Helena Opportunities Program St. Helena |
Public | 27.1 | 9 | — |
| Sonoma County ROP Santa Rosa |
Public | 15.2 | — | — |
| Lloyd Hance Community Lakeport |
Public | 18.9 | 18 | — |
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