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 → MAAC Community Charter → Altus Schools East County → Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter → Bostonia Global → City Heights Preparatory Charter → America's Finest Charter → Altus Schools Audeo →📋 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% (Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, 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, MAAC Community Charter, Altus Schools East County 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% |
| MAAC Community Charter Chula Vista |
Public · charter | 10.9 | 171 | -15.3% |
| Altus Schools East County El Cajon |
Public · charter | 4.6 | 257 | +0.0% |
| Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter San Diego |
Public · charter | 11.0 | 198 | +17.9% |
| Bostonia Global El Cajon |
Public · charter | 6.0 | 262 | +104.7% |
| City Heights Preparatory Charter San Diego |
Public · charter | 3.9 | 83 | +20.3% |
| America's Finest Charter San Diego |
Public · charter | 5.7 | 86 | -21.8% |
| Altus Schools Audeo San Diego |
Public · charter | 6.4 | 310 | +97.5% |