EPIC de Cesar Chavez
Tehachapi · CA · EPIC de Cesar Chavez District · Public charter
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Tehachapi High → Rosamond High Early College Campus → Kern County ROP → Desert Winds Continuation High → SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise) → Kern Valley High → Desert Sands Charter → Kern Workforce 2000 Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 64% (Bottom 13% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How EPIC de Cesar Chavez compares for families
What families should know about EPIC de Cesar Chavez.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Tehachapi High, Rosamond High Early College Campus, Kern County ROP 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 13% 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
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
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 +6.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 614 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $14,616 per student in district revenue, the 218 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $3,186,288/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tehachapi High Tehachapi |
Public | 1.0 | 1,260 | -0.2% |
| Rosamond High Early College Campus Rosamond |
Public | 23.7 | 927 | +11.2% |
| Kern County ROP Mojave |
Public | 16.4 | — | — |
| Desert Winds Continuation High Lancaster |
Public | 35.0 | 605 | -15.3% |
| SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise) Lancaster |
Public | 34.6 | 670 | +44.4% |
| Kern Valley High Lake Isabella |
Public | 32.9 | 516 | +9.3% |
| Desert Sands Charter Lancaster |
Public · charter | 34.8 | 727 | +3.1% |
| Kern Workforce 2000 Academy Bakersfield |
Public · charter | 37.8 | 491 | +19.2% |