Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies
Sun Valley · CA · Los Angeles Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Charles Leroy Lowman Special Ed and Career Transition Center → Berenece Carlson Home Hospital → Will Rogers Continuation → Cal Burke High → Mission Continuation → Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12 → Bert Corona Charter High → Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet →At a glance
- 7 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 4 chemistry
- AP rigor: 68th percentile nationally
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 68th percentile nationally with 7 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: Charles Leroy Lowman Special Ed and Career Transition Center, Berenece Carlson Home Hospital, Will Rogers Continuation 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
68th 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 · 2020-21Source: 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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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 +5.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 372 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $24,124 per student in district revenue, the 124 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $2,991,376/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Leroy Lowman Special Ed and Career Transition Center North Hollywood |
Public | 2.2 | 167 | +41.5% |
| Berenece Carlson Home Hospital North Hollywood |
Public | 6.3 | 152 | -39.7% |
| Will Rogers Continuation Van Nuys |
Public | 4.6 | 136 | -12.3% |
| Cal Burke High Panorama City |
Public | 3.4 | 127 | +8.5% |
| Mission Continuation San Fernando |
Public | 3.5 | 127 | +64.9% |
| Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12 Lake Balboa |
Public | 6.7 | 181 | +0.6% |
| Bert Corona Charter High Pacoima |
Public · charter | 2.5 | 220 | +8.9% |
| Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet Lake Balboa |
Public | 6.8 | 183 | -16.8% |
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