San Diego Mission Academy
San Diego · CA · San Diego Mission Academy District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Altus Schools Audeo → Altus Schools East County → Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter → Bostonia Global → High Tech High Mesa → High Tech High Media Arts → High Tech High International → The Learning Choice Academy - East County →📋 At a glance
- 📚 1 AP courses offered — Limited
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 15% (Bottom 2% 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 San Diego Mission Academy compares for families
What families should know about San Diego Mission Academy.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Altus Schools Audeo, Altus Schools East County, Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Limited — narrow advanced curriculum
Bottom 14% of US high schools
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 2% 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 +29.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 289 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $9,282 per student in district revenue, the 763 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $7,082,166/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.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altus Schools Audeo San Diego |
Public · charter | 4.0 | 310 | +97.5% |
| Altus Schools East County El Cajon |
Public · charter | 9.5 | 257 | +0.0% |
| Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter San Diego |
Public · charter | 7.2 | 198 | +17.9% |
| Bostonia Global El Cajon |
Public · charter | 11.3 | 262 | +104.7% |
| High Tech High Mesa San Diego |
Public · charter | 3.6 | 435 | +3.1% |
| High Tech High Media Arts San Diego |
Public · charter | 9.0 | 355 | -9.9% |
| High Tech High International San Diego |
Public · charter | 9.0 | 359 | -8.2% |
| The Learning Choice Academy - East County La Mesa |
Public · charter | 8.5 | 165 | +35.2% |