JCS - Cedar Cove
Encinitas · CA · JCS - Cedar Cove District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Vista Springs Charter → North Coastal Consortium Schools → JCS - Manzanita → Carlsbad Village Academy → Carlsbad Seaside Academy → San Diego County ROP → Home & Hosp/Transition Support → Sunset High (Continuation) →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 75% (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How JCS - Cedar Cove compares for families
What families should know about JCS - Cedar Cove.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Vista Springs Charter, North Coastal Consortium Schools, JCS - Manzanita 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 21% 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 Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
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 -9.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 131 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Springs Charter Vista |
Public · charter | 12.4 | 8 | — |
| North Coastal Consortium Schools San Marcos |
Public | 8.9 | 24 | — |
| JCS - Manzanita La Mesa |
Public · charter | 23.5 | 18 | — |
| Carlsbad Village Academy Carlsbad |
Public | 9.1 | 38 | — |
| Carlsbad Seaside Academy Carlsbad |
Public | 9.1 | 38 | — |
| San Diego County ROP San Diego |
Public | 19.6 | — | — |
| Home & Hosp/Transition Support San Diego |
Public | 21.1 | 31 | — |
| Sunset High (Continuation) Encinitas |
Public | 0.8 | 87 | -13.9% |