Orange County Special Education
Costa Mesa · CA · Orange County Department of Education · Public · K-12 combined
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Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana → OCCS:CHEP/PCHS → ACCESS Juvenile Hall → Richland Continuation High → Vista Meridian Global Academy → Marie L. Hare High → Lorin Griset Academy → Irvine Adult Transition Programs →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 49% (Bottom 10% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 10% 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
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 -2.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 331 students:
≈ 42 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana Santa Ana |
Public · charter | 5.2 | 188 | +11.2% |
| OCCS:CHEP/PCHS Tustin |
Public | 5.5 | 156 | -33.0% |
| ACCESS Juvenile Hall Costa Mesa |
Public | 7.7 | 169 | -5.6% |
| Richland Continuation High Orange |
Public | 8.7 | 165 | -12.7% |
| Vista Meridian Global Academy Santa Ana |
Public · charter | 3.9 | 260 | +50.3% |
| Marie L. Hare High Garden Grove |
Public | 9.6 | 218 | -2.2% |
| Lorin Griset Academy Santa Ana |
Public | 4.3 | 283 | +1.8% |
| Irvine Adult Transition Programs Irvine |
Public | 4.3 | 117 | +36.0% |