Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Escondido Charter High School
Public · Escondido · San Diego County · 900 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach Score · Class of 2025
16
Below the CA median
below the state median
Higher than 44% of California high schools
+2.0 pp above peer median (14)
· Ranked #4 of 8 similar schools
5-year UC Reach Score
2021 · 28
2025 · 16
-5%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+2.9 pp
vs. San Diego County baseline (-8%)
~933
5-yr projected enrollment (+1.2%/yr)
- ▸On UC Reach Score, Escondido Charter High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #4 of 8): 16 vs. a peer median of 14.
- ▸Escondido Charter High School's UC Reach Score has declined meaningfully from a peak of 28 in 2021 to 16 in 2025 — a 12-point drop that warrants attention. Multi-year UC Reach declines of this size often signal something specific (leadership change, comp-program shift, demographic move) rather than year-to-year noise. This is the kind of trajectory an Enrollment Trend Audit unpacks.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 5% (206→196 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -12%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. San Diego County's senior population shrank 8% over the same window — Escondido Charter High School only shrank 5%. So Escondido Charter High School picked up about 3 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+1.2%/yr); projects to ~933 by 2029.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach Score | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Lago Academy - Campus Of Applied Science | Public | — | +4% |
| Classical Academy High School | Public | 14 | +2% |
| Valley Center High School | Public | 10 | -12% |
| Escondido High School | Public | 13 | -32% |
| Orange Glen High School | Public | 19 | -15% |
| Siatech | Public | — | -81% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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