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Santa Rosa Academy → California Military Institute → Empire Springs Charter → Lee V. Pollard High → Val Verde High → Nuview Bridge Early College High → Temecula Preparatory → Perris Lake High (Continuation) →At a glance
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 4-yr grad rate: 77% in 2019 (Bottom 25% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Ortega High compares for families
What families should know about Ortega High.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Santa Rosa Academy, California Military Institute, Empire Springs Charter 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 25% 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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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 +0.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 463 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $15,359 per student in district revenue, the 13 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $199,667/year in additional funding.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa Academy Menifee |
Public · charter | 9.1 | 575 | +21.8% |
| California Military Institute Perris |
Public · charter | 9.6 | 593 | +6.7% |
| Empire Springs Charter Temecula |
Public · charter | 15.6 | 487 | +54.6% |
| Lee V. Pollard High Corona |
Public | 17.9 | 413 | -15.9% |
| Val Verde High Perris |
Public | 12.0 | 275 | -6.5% |
| Nuview Bridge Early College High Nuevo |
Public · charter | 15.7 | 667 | +1.5% |
| Temecula Preparatory Winchester |
Public · charter | 15.4 | 313 | -6.6% |
| Perris Lake High (Continuation) Perris |
Public | 8.7 | 228 | +0.0% |
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