East Palo Alto Academy
East Palo Alto · CA · East Palo Alto Academy District · Public charter
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Summit Preparatory Charter High → KIPP Esperanza High → Tide Academy → Everest Public High → Circle of Independent Learning → Impact Academy of Arts & Technology → Redwood High → Mission Early College High →At a glance
- 4 AP courses offered — Strong
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 1 calculus classes · 4 physics · 4 chemistry
- AP rigor: 59th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 30% by test-taker volume
- 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 East Palo Alto Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 59th percentile nationally with 4 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: Summit Preparatory Charter High, KIPP Esperanza High, Tide Academy 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
59th percentile nationally
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 · 2020-21Bottom 30% by test-taker volume
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
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
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
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).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -6.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 278 students:
≈ 79 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Preparatory Charter High Redwood City |
Public · charter | 4.6 | 293 | -31.9% |
| KIPP Esperanza High East Palo Alto |
Public · charter | 0.3 | 194 | +0.0% |
| Tide Academy Menlo Park |
Public | 2.7 | 212 | +12.8% |
| Everest Public High Redwood City |
Public · charter | 4.0 | 224 | -30.4% |
| Circle of Independent Learning Fremont |
Public · charter | 9.3 | 214 | -0.5% |
| Impact Academy of Arts & Technology Hayward |
Public · charter | 11.7 | 342 | -24.2% |
| Redwood High Redwood City |
Public | 6.6 | 175 | -19.7% |
| Mission Early College High Santa Clara |
Public | 9.6 | 183 | +25.3% |
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