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Orange County Classical Academy

Orange · Orange County · Orange County Department of Education · Public

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#1 Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) in Orange Top 1% Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) in CA Top 10% Math proficiency in CA Top 10% Math proficiency in Orange

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How Orange County Classical Academy compares for families

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  • ▸ Locally🎯 #1 in Orange County on Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) — plus 3 more top-ranks.
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Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2024-25.

Race / ethnicity

Asian 36% -2.1
Hispanic / Latino 30% -12.8
White 28% +13.0
Two or more 4%
Pacific Islander 1%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 16%

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2024-25. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

Kids show up: 0% are chronically absent versus about 23% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
0.0%
0 of 29 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

Orange County median
17.8% · school is better than 100% of 95 HS
Statewide median
22.8%

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
10 (2021) → 861 (2026)
+8510.0%

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Samueli Academy · Legacy Magnet Academy · Polaris High School · Esperanza High School · Century High School · Magnolia Science Academy-Santa Ana · +4 more

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Orange County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

78% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
78.1%
25 of 32 students

7 of 32 students who enrolled at Orange County Classical Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (21.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Orange County median
91.8% · school is in the 19th percentile of 95 HS
Statewide median
87.3% · in the 27th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Asian (302) 93.4%
White (279) 94.6%
Socio. disadvantaged (148) 95.3%
Hispanic / Latino (138) 94.2%
Students w/ disabilities (74) 90.5%
Two or more races (37) 94.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Samueli Academy 94.9% Legacy Magnet Academy 97.7% Polaris High School 53.8% Esperanza High School 93.8% Century High School 84.7%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

District financial profile — Orange County Department of Education (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$387.5M
+24.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$139,729
2,773 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 22.4%
Local: 57.3%
Federal: 20.3%
Instruction share
30.6%
of current spending · $23,283/pupil
Long-term debt
$9.9M
-23.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Orange County Department of Education as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

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Orange County Classical Academy is a public high school in Orange, Orange County, California.

Enrollment was 861 students in 2026, up 8510% since 2021.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

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How many students attend Orange County Classical Academy? Enrollment was 861 students in 2026, up 8510% since 2021.

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