Vista Springs Charter
Vista · CA · Vista Springs Charter District · Public charter · K-12 combined
📄 Shareable scorecard →Similar nearby schools
Most similar nearby schools
Vista High → Vista Adult Transition Center → Alta Vista High (Continuation) → Vista Visions Academy → New Haven Yfs → Guajome Park Academy Charter → Guajome Learning Centers → North County Trade Tech High →📋 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, EDFacts ACGR, 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: Vista High, Vista Adult Transition Center, Alta Vista High (Continuation) and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
Follow Vista Springs Charter
Get an email when Vista Springs Charter's numbers change — new admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores. A few updates a year, no spam.
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 +5.0%/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 69 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $782,667/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.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vista High Vista |
Public | 0.4 | 1,746 | -21.7% |
| Vista Adult Transition Center Vista |
Public | 0.4 | 103 | -6.4% |
| Alta Vista High (Continuation) Vista |
Public | 0.9 | 90 | -26.2% |
| Vista Visions Academy Vista |
Public | 0.9 | 58 | -56.4% |
| New Haven Yfs Vista |
Private | 0.9 | 19 | — |
| Guajome Park Academy Charter Vista |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 483 | -10.2% |
| Guajome Learning Centers Vista |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 49 | — |
| North County Trade Tech High Vista |
Public · charter | 1.3 | 145 | -13.2% |