Health Sciences High and Middle College
San Diego · CA · Health Sciences High and Middle College District · Public charter
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Logan Memorial Educational Campus → TRACE → Gompers Preparatory Academy → San Diego County Community → Mueller Charter (Robert L.) → The O'Farrell Charter → High Tech High Mesa → High Tech High →At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- AP rigor: Bottom 44% of US high schools
- 4-yr grad rate: 97% in 2019 (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Health Sciences High and Middle College compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Logan Memorial Educational Campus, TRACE, Gompers Preparatory Academy 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?
90th percentile nationally
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 -3.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 535 students:
≈ 81 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.
Revenue at risk
At $17,784 per student in district revenue, the 81 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,440,504/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Memorial Educational Campus San Diego |
Public | 3.7 | 543 | +181.3% |
| TRACE San Diego |
Public | 0.2 | 437 | -2.5% |
| Gompers Preparatory Academy San Diego |
Public · charter | 2.6 | 626 | -11.0% |
| San Diego County Community San Diego |
Public | 4.3 | 470 | +18.7% |
| Mueller Charter (Robert L.) Chula Vista |
Public · charter | 8.6 | 544 | -7.8% |
| The O'Farrell Charter San Diego |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 673 | +16.2% |
| High Tech High Mesa San Diego |
Public · charter | 6.2 | 435 | +3.1% |
| High Tech High San Diego |
Public · charter | 6.3 | 412 | -17.8% |
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