Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano · CA · Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Foundations Cognitive Schools → Bridges Community Day → OCASA College Prep → Capistrano Union High → Capistrano Valley Christian Schools → St Margaret S Episcopal School → California Preparatory Academy → College and Career Advantage →📋 At a glance
- 📚 8 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 2 physics · 2 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 59th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 27% (Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 59th percentile nationally with 8 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: Foundations Cognitive Schools, Bridges Community Day, OCASA College Prep 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
59th 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 · 2020-21Bottom 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 6% 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 +24.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 185 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations Cognitive Schools San Juan Capistrano |
Private | 0.0 | 38 | — |
| Bridges Community Day San Juan Capistrano |
Public | 0.4 | 12 | — |
| OCASA College Prep San Juan Capistrano |
Public · charter | 0.5 | 21 | — |
| Capistrano Union High San Juan Capistrano |
Public | 0.6 | 103 | -24.3% |
| Capistrano Valley Christian Schools San Juan Capistrano |
Private | 0.7 | 668 | +31.2% |
| St Margaret S Episcopal School San Juan Capistrano |
Private | 0.7 | 1,168 | — |
| California Preparatory Academy San Juan Capistrano |
Public | 1.2 | 198 | -32.9% |
| College and Career Advantage San Juan Capistrano |
Public | 1.4 | — | — |