Rancho Dominguez Preparatory
Long Beach · CA · Los Angeles Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson High → Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy → Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math at Legacy High Sch Complex → Alliance Cindy and Bill Simon Technology Academy High → California Academy of Mathematics and Science → Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science → Renaissance High School for the Arts → Environmental Charter High - Gardena →📋 At a glance
- 📚 9 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: 59th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Rancho Dominguez Preparatory compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 59th percentile nationally with 9 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: Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson High, Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy, Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math at Legacy High Sch Complex 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 · 2020-21Source: 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?
60th percentile nationally
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 701 students:
≈ 16 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.
Revenue at risk
At $24,124 per student in district revenue, the 16 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $385,984/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academies of Education and Empowerment at Carson High Carson |
Public | 3.4 | 474 | -5.8% |
| Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 6.5 | 546 | -5.9% |
| Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math at Legacy High Sch Complex South Gate |
Public | 7.7 | 524 | -10.1% |
| Alliance Cindy and Bill Simon Technology Academy High Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 7.4 | 474 | -6.1% |
| California Academy of Mathematics and Science Carson |
Public | 2.9 | 673 | +0.9% |
| Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science Long Beach |
Public | 7.3 | 552 | +18.7% |
| Renaissance High School for the Arts Long Beach |
Public | 4.2 | 396 | -13.2% |
| Environmental Charter High - Gardena Gardena |
Public · charter | 7.3 | 454 | +298.2% |