Surfside Academy
Oceanside · CA · Oceanside Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Audeo Charter II → Major General Raymond Murray High → North County Trade Tech High → Twin Oaks High → Dimensions Collaborative → Vista Adult Transition Center → Pacific View Charter → Alta Vista High (Continuation) →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 37% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Surfside Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Audeo Charter II, Major General Raymond Murray High, North County Trade Tech 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.
🏛️ 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 -16.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 234 students:
≈ 141 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 $16,869 per student in district revenue, the 141 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $2,378,529/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audeo Charter II Oceanside |
Public · charter | 4.4 | 199 | +21.3% |
| Major General Raymond Murray High Vista |
Public | 6.6 | 146 | -23.2% |
| North County Trade Tech High Vista |
Public · charter | 6.8 | 145 | -13.2% |
| Twin Oaks High San Marcos |
Public | 12.1 | 192 | +0.5% |
| Dimensions Collaborative Escondido |
Public · charter | 15.3 | 147 | +13.1% |
| Vista Adult Transition Center Vista |
Public | 7.7 | 103 | -6.4% |
| Pacific View Charter Oceanside |
Public · charter | 3.6 | 419 | -3.9% |
| Alta Vista High (Continuation) Vista |
Public | 9.0 | 90 | -26.2% |