Foothill High
San Jose · CA · East Side Union High · Public
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B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy → ACE Charter High → KIPP Navigate College Prep → Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock → Santa Clara County Special Education → Alpha Cindy Avitia High → San Jose Conservation Corps Charter → KIPP San Jose Collegiate →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 46% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 22% (Bottom 3% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Foothill High compares for families
What families should know about Foothill High.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy, ACE Charter High, KIPP Navigate College Prep and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 46% 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 3% 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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ 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).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +3.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 268 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $20,169 per student in district revenue, the 57 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,149,633/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.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy San Jose |
Public · charter | 1.4 | 261 | +2.8% |
| ACE Charter High San Jose |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 313 | -24.0% |
| KIPP Navigate College Prep San Jose |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 297 | -16.6% |
| Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock San Jose |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 208 | -30.7% |
| Santa Clara County Special Education San Jose |
Public | 3.6 | 345 | -23.0% |
| Alpha Cindy Avitia High San Jose |
Public · charter | 2.6 | 405 | -18.2% |
| San Jose Conservation Corps Charter San Jose |
Public · charter | 3.2 | 158 | +20.6% |
| KIPP San Jose Collegiate San Jose |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 512 | -4.5% |