College and Career Preparatory Academy
Fountain Valley · CA · Orange County Department of Education · Public charter
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Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana → ACCESS Juvenile Hall → Richland Continuation High → Orange County Special Education → OCCS:CHEP/PCHS → Marie L. Hare High → Vista Meridian Global Academy → Orange County Workforce Innovation High →📋 At a glance
- Program details not reported to CRDC
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 15% (Bottom 2% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How College and Career Preparatory Academy compares for families
What families should know about College and Career Preparatory Academy.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana, ACCESS Juvenile Hall, Richland Continuation High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 2% 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -6.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 168 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana Santa Ana |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 188 | +11.2% |
| ACCESS Juvenile Hall Costa Mesa |
Public | 4.1 | 169 | -5.6% |
| Richland Continuation High Orange |
Public | 5.8 | 165 | -12.7% |
| Orange County Special Education Costa Mesa |
Public | 4.6 | 185 | -6.6% |
| OCCS:CHEP/PCHS Tustin |
Public | 6.7 | 156 | -33.0% |
| Marie L. Hare High Garden Grove |
Public | 5.0 | 218 | -2.2% |
| Vista Meridian Global Academy Santa Ana |
Public · charter | 1.9 | 260 | +50.3% |
| Orange County Workforce Innovation High Anaheim |
Public · charter | 7.4 | 210 | +1.9% |