City Arts & Leadership Academy

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Most similar nearby schools

S.F. International High → O'Connell (John) High → Marshall (Thurgood) High → Summit Public School: Shasta → Gateway High → Oceana High → Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High → Asawa (Ruth) SF Sch of the Arts A Public School →

At a glance

Programs & features

3 AP courses offered — Strong
1 calculus classes · 2 physics · 3 chemistry

Academic signals

AP rigor: 56th percentile nationally
4-yr grad rate: 87% in 2019 (Bottom 39% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How City Arts & Leadership Academy compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 56th percentile nationally with 3 AP courses.
▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: S.F. International High, O'Connell (John) High, Marshall (Thurgood) High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses

56th percentile nationally

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AP courses offered

Math ✓

Students taking AP courses

131

≈33 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings

Advanced math classes

1 calculus · 3 advanced

Lab science classes

2 physics · 3 chemistry

Other rigor signals

No dual-enrollment or gifted program reported

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 · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: 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 39% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

87%

Range: 85–89%

4-year cohort size

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

52.9%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

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

Student : Counselor

397:1

Around the US median. Counselors are stretched but functional.

Counselor FTE

1.0

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

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

Grade 12 went from 51 in 2021 to 115 in 2024 — over 3 years.

+125.5%

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
S.F. International High San Francisco	Public	3.7	382	+30.4%
O'Connell (John) High San Francisco	Public	3.1	460	-13.2%
Marshall (Thurgood) High San Francisco	Public	2.6	475	-9.7%
Summit Public School: Shasta Daly City	Public · charter	4.2	458	-0.2%
Gateway High San Francisco	Public · charter	4.3	464	-7.2%
Oceana High Pacifica	Public	6.2	471	-17.8%
Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High San Francisco	Public	4.1	522	-17.9%
Asawa (Ruth) SF Sch of the Arts A Public School San Francisco	Public	1.6	680	-9.3%