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Suncoast Preparatory Academy

Newport Beach · CA · Suncoast Preparatory Academy District · Public charter · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
  • 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

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

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How Suncoast Preparatory Academy compares for families

What families should know about Suncoast Preparatory Academy.

  • LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Central Orange County CTE Partnership (CTEp), Orange County Special Education, ACCESS County Community and 5 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
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

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.

🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
24%
Single-point estimate
4-year cohort size
12
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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 Targeted Assistance eligible

35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance

38.3%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).

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.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +131.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,459 students:

2025
3,374
2027
18,040
2029
96,459

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $16,189 per student in district revenue, the 95,000 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,537,955,000/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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Central Orange County CTE Partnership (CTEp)
Costa Mesa
Public 0.6
Orange County Special Education
Costa Mesa
Public 0.9 185 -6.6%
ACCESS County Community
Costa Mesa
Public 0.9 1,271 +17.7%
Fusion Academy Newport Beach
Irvine
Private 0.9 55
Back Bay High
Costa Mesa
Public 1.3 143 +6.7%
Newport Christian School
Newport Beach
Private 1.7 427 +130.8%
Coastline ROP
Costa Mesa
Public 1.8
Macbeth Academy
Irvine
Private 1.8 92

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