The O'Farrell Charter
San Diego · CA · The O'Farrell Charter District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Logan Memorial Educational Campus → Mueller Charter (Robert L.) → High Tech High Chula Vista → TRACE → Coronado High → Chula Vista Learning Community Charter → Altus Schools South Bay → High Tech High →📋 At a glance
- 📚 12 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 5 physics · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 86th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 15% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How The O'Farrell Charter compares for families
Standout academic depth by national standards.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 14% nationally with 12 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Logan Memorial Educational Campus, Mueller Charter (Robert L.), High Tech High Chula Vista and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
86th percentile nationally
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 15% 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?
90th percentile nationally
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 +1.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,862 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,541 per student in district revenue, the 116 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,454,756/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Memorial Educational Campus San Diego |
Public | 3.9 | 543 | +181.3% |
| Mueller Charter (Robert L.) Chula Vista |
Public · charter | 5.4 | 544 | -7.8% |
| High Tech High Chula Vista Chula Vista |
Public · charter | 8.8 | 626 | +0.3% |
| TRACE San Diego |
Public | 4.1 | 437 | -2.5% |
| Coronado High Coronado |
Public | 6.6 | 999 | -4.9% |
| Chula Vista Learning Community Charter Chula Vista |
Public · charter | 5.7 | 404 | +0.5% |
| Altus Schools South Bay Chula Vista |
Public · charter | 3.8 | 337 | +10.5% |
| High Tech High San Diego |
Public · charter | 9.1 | 412 | -17.8% |