Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter
Freedom · CA · Santa Cruz County Office of Education · Public charter
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Ceiba College Preparatory Academy → Renaissance High Continuation → Mt. Madonna High → Pacific Coast Charter → Mount Toro High → Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy → Delta Charter → Learning for Life Charter →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 12% (Bottom 2% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter compares for families
What families should know about Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Ceiba College Preparatory Academy, Renaissance High Continuation, Mt. Madonna High 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 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.
👩🏫 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
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +18.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 207 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceiba College Preparatory Academy Watsonville |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 248 | -13.0% |
| Renaissance High Continuation La Selva Beach |
Public | 4.2 | 112 | +24.4% |
| Mt. Madonna High Gilroy |
Public | 11.3 | 150 | -15.3% |
| Pacific Coast Charter Watsonville |
Public · charter | 0.2 | 87 | -17.9% |
| Mount Toro High Salinas |
Public | 18.7 | 204 | -0.5% |
| Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy Gilroy |
Public | 11.4 | 304 | +5.2% |
| Delta Charter Aptos |
Public · charter | 9.1 | 113 | +8.7% |
| Learning for Life Charter Marina |
Public · charter | 18.3 | 146 | +29.2% |