Olive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria
Orcutt · CA · Olive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Maple High → Lopez Continuation High → Delta High → Central Coast New Tech High → Wasco Independence High → Golden Valley Charter → Orcutt Academy Charter → Independence High →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 4-yr grad rate: 67% in 2019 (Bottom 13% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Olive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria compares for families
What families should know about Olive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Maple High, Lopez Continuation High, Delta High 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
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 -8.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 153 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple High Lompoc |
Public | 12.1 | 135 | +7.1% |
| Lopez Continuation High Arroyo Grande |
Public | 17.1 | 96 | -22.0% |
| Delta High Santa Maria |
Public | 0.8 | 291 | -23.4% |
| Central Coast New Tech High Nipomo |
Public | 13.4 | 318 | +25.7% |
| Wasco Independence High Wasco |
Public | 78.7 | 109 | -18.7% |
| Golden Valley Charter Ventura |
Public · charter | 78.4 | 107 | -3.6% |
| Orcutt Academy Charter Orcutt |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 673 | +7.9% |
| Independence High Paso Robles |
Public | 53.8 | 137 | +10.5% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantOlive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria is a public high school in Orcutt, CA, enrolling 153 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 67% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 51 students per school counselor.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Olive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria's graduation rate? Olive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria's federal four-year graduation rate was about 67% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Olive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria? Olive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria is a public high school in Orcutt, CA, enrolling 153 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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