Downtown College Preparatory
San Jose · CA · Downtown College Preparatory District · Public charter
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Notre Dame High School → Yerba Buena High → Luis Valdez Leadership Academy → University Preparatory Academy Charter → Basis Independent Silicon Valley → Spectrum Center-San Jose → Willow Glen High → San Jose High →📋 At a glance
- 📚 6 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 3 physics · 3 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 58th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 87% (Bottom 39% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Downtown College Preparatory compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 58th percentile nationally with 6 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Notre Dame High School, Yerba Buena High, Luis Valdez Leadership Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
58th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
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 39% 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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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 -2.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 520 students:
≈ 60 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $12,446 per student in district revenue, the 60 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $746,760/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame High School San Jose |
Private | 1.0 | 681 | +5.4% |
| Yerba Buena High San Jose |
Public | 1.3 | 1,612 | -5.1% |
| Luis Valdez Leadership Academy San Jose |
Public · charter | 1.4 | 225 | -26.0% |
| University Preparatory Academy Charter San Jose |
Public · charter | 1.7 | 478 | +0.8% |
| Basis Independent Silicon Valley San Jose |
Private | 2.0 | 823 | +1.5% |
| Spectrum Center-San Jose San Jose |
Private | 2.0 | 43 | — |
| Willow Glen High San Jose |
Public | 2.1 | 1,543 | -5.9% |
| San Jose High San Jose |
Public | 2.3 | 874 | -5.5% |