Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock
San Jose · CA · Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Luis Valdez Leadership Academy → Foothill High → B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy → San Jose Conservation Corps Charter → ACE Charter High → Opportunity Youth Academy → Mission Early College High → Pegasus High →At a glance
- 3 AP courses offered — Moderate
- AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- 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.
How Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock compares for families
What families should know about Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Luis Valdez Leadership Academy, Foothill High, B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy 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 33% 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 39% 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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Valdez Leadership Academy San Jose |
Public · charter | 3.2 | 225 | -26.0% |
| Foothill High San Jose |
Public | 1.1 | 268 | +7.2% |
| B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy San Jose |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 261 | +2.8% |
| San Jose Conservation Corps Charter San Jose |
Public · charter | 2.2 | 158 | +20.6% |
| ACE Charter High San Jose |
Public · charter | 0.0 | 313 | -24.0% |
| Opportunity Youth Academy San Jose |
Public · charter | 2.6 | 283 | -8.1% |
| Mission Early College High Santa Clara |
Public | 7.0 | 183 | +25.3% |
| Pegasus High San Jose |
Public | 0.0 | 128 | +1.6% |
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