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Spring Valley Academy

· San Diego County · La Mesa-Spring Valley · Public

Public San Diego County 🏛 La Mesa-Spring Valley → CDS 3768197…
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📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Spring Valley Academy compares for families

What families should know about Spring Valley Academy.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Eje Elementary Academy Charter, The Learning Choice Academy - East County, Iftin Charter and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

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.

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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
31.1%
197 of 633 students

Absenteeism is up 11.5 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Diego County median
18.9% · school is worse than 81% of 205 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

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
828 (2018)595 (2026)
-28.1%

If this trend holds (-6.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~556 -39 $0
3 yr (2029) ~485 -110 $0
5 yr (2031) ~423 -172 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Spring Valley Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-4.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~526 by 2029 — about 69 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

595 students (2026)
~526 projected (2029)
at -4.0%/yr

That's about 69 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Spring Valley Academy Public 595
Peer-group median +12%
Eje Elementary Academy Charter Public 593
The Learning Choice Academy - East County Public 529 +12%
Iftin Charter Public 593
Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities Public 505
Keiller Leadership Academy Public 652
Vista La Mesa Academy Public 517
Pride Academy At Prospect Avenue Public 560
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, And Math Academy At La Presa Public 742
Kidinnu Academy Public 523
Kempton Street Literacy Academy Public 450

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

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

Stability rate
81.4%
540 of 663 students

123 of 663 students who enrolled at Spring Valley Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (18.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.7% · school is in the 25th percentile of 207 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 25th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (580) 81.6%
Hispanic / Latino (403) 85.4%
Students w/ disabilities (195) 81.0%
English learners (172) 82.0%
White (105) 76.2%
Black / African Am. (64) 84.4%

Nearest peer high schools

Eje Elementary Academy Charter 96.8% The Learning Choice Academy - East County 86.7% Iftin Charter 75.6% Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities 87.0% Keiller Leadership Academy 91.3%

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.

For School Admins

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  • Your 5-year enrollment forecast (currently -6.6%/yr) with the revenue at stake
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