The Learning Choice Academy - East County
La Mesa · CA · The Learning Choice Academy - East County District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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River Valley Charter → Learning Choice Academy - Chula Vista → IDEA Center → East Village Middle College High → San Diego County Court → Altus Schools East County → Garfield High → King-Chavez Community High →At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 7 calculus classes · 1 physics · 25 chemistry
- AP rigor: Bottom 50% of US high schools
- 4-yr grad rate: 84% in 2019 (Bottom 33% 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 The Learning Choice Academy - East County 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: River Valley Charter, Learning Choice Academy - Chula Vista, IDEA Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 50% 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 · 2020-21Source: 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 33% 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 +8.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 466 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $13,971 per student in district revenue, the 224 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $3,129,504/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Valley Charter Lakeside |
Public · charter | 8.0 | 164 | -9.4% |
| Learning Choice Academy - Chula Vista Chula Vista |
Public · charter | 7.7 | 160 | -1.2% |
| IDEA Center El Cajon |
Public | 4.7 | 127 | -13.0% |
| East Village Middle College High San Diego |
Public | 8.5 | 138 | +39.4% |
| San Diego County Court San Diego |
Public | 8.6 | 211 | +59.8% |
| Altus Schools East County El Cajon |
Public · charter | 4.6 | 257 | +0.0% |
| Garfield High San Diego |
Public | 8.3 | 226 | +20.2% |
| King-Chavez Community High San Diego |
Public · charter | 9.0 | 226 | -31.7% |
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