Vista Springs Charter
Vista · CA · Vista Springs Charter District · Public charter · K-12 combined
📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Vista Springs Charter compares for families
What families should know about Vista Springs Charter.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: JCS - Cedar Cove, North Coastal Consortium Schools, Carlsbad Village Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% 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.
🏛️ 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 +4.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 251 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $11,343 per student in district revenue, the 62 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $703,266/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JCS - Cedar Cove Encinitas |
Public · charter | 12.4 | 12 | — |
| North Coastal Consortium Schools San Marcos |
Public | 6.7 | 24 | — |
| Carlsbad Village Academy Carlsbad |
Public | 6.8 | 38 | — |
| Carlsbad Seaside Academy Carlsbad |
Public | 6.8 | 38 | — |
| Bridges Community Day San Juan Capistrano |
Public | 31.5 | 12 | — |
| Valley Center Prep Valley Center |
Public | 12.3 | 38 | — |
| Oceanside Unified School District Adult Transition Program Oceanside |
Public | 7.4 | 55 | -12.7% |
| College and Career Advantage San Juan Capistrano |
Public | 30.9 | — | — |