Olive Grove Charter - Buellton
Buellton · CA · Olive Grove Charter - Buellton District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Santa Ynez Valley Union High → Refugio High → Dunn School → Midland School Corporation → Trivium Charter School Adventure → Lompoc Valley Baptist School → Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc → Dr Bob Forinash Community Day →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 69% (Bottom 14% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Olive Grove Charter - Buellton compares for families
What families should know about Olive Grove Charter - Buellton.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Santa Ynez Valley Union High, Refugio High, Dunn School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 14% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
🏛️ 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 -6.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 34 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Ynez Valley Union High Solvang |
Public | 4.9 | 801 | -6.0% |
| Refugio High Solvang |
Public | 4.9 | 11 | — |
| Dunn School Los Olivos |
Private | 5.8 | 249 | +4.2% |
| Midland School Corporation Los Olivos |
Private | 10.1 | 79 | -9.2% |
| Trivium Charter School Adventure Lompoc |
Public · charter | 14.4 | 87 | — |
| Lompoc Valley Baptist School Lompoc |
Private | 15.1 | 62 | — |
| Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc Lompoc |
Public · charter | 15.6 | 100 | +58.7% |
| Dr Bob Forinash Community Day Lompoc |
Public | 15.7 | 26 | — |