Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano · CA · Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Capistrano Union High → Orange County Special Education → College and Career Advantage → OCCS:CHEP/PCHS → Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana → Esperanza Education Center → Irvine Adult Transition Programs → Murrieta Canyon Academy →📋 At a glance
- 📚 8 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 2 physics · 2 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 59th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 27% (Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 59th percentile nationally with 8 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Capistrano Union High, Orange County Special Education, College and Career Advantage and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
59th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% 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 6% 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 +26.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 185 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capistrano Union High San Juan Capistrano |
Public | 0.6 | 103 | -24.3% |
| Orange County Special Education Costa Mesa |
Public | 17.6 | 185 | -6.6% |
| College and Career Advantage San Juan Capistrano |
Public | 1.4 | — | — |
| OCCS:CHEP/PCHS Tustin |
Public | 17.4 | 156 | -33.0% |
| Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana Santa Ana |
Public · charter | 22.2 | 188 | +11.2% |
| Esperanza Education Center Mission Viejo |
Public | 6.9 | 80 | +8.1% |
| Irvine Adult Transition Programs Irvine |
Public | 15.2 | 117 | +36.0% |
| Murrieta Canyon Academy Murrieta |
Public | 25.0 | 180 | -15.9% |