Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara · CA · Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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St Therese Classical Academy → Anacapa School → La Cuesta Continuation High → Providence School → Laguna Blanca School → Santa Barbara Senior High → Providence School → Bishop Garcia Diego High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 67% (Bottom 13% 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 - Santa Barbara compares for families
What families should know about Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: St Therese Classical Academy, Anacapa School, La Cuesta Continuation High 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 13% 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 -12.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 74 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Therese Classical Academy Santa Barbara |
Private | 2.0 | 27 | — |
| Anacapa School Santa Barbara |
Private | 2.1 | 48 | — |
| La Cuesta Continuation High Santa Barbara |
Public | 2.1 | 77 | -33.0% |
| Providence School Santa Barbara |
Private | 2.5 | 245 | +4.3% |
| Laguna Blanca School Santa Barbara |
Private | 2.6 | 450 | +29.3% |
| Santa Barbara Senior High Santa Barbara |
Public | 2.6 | 1,924 | -11.7% |
| Providence School Santa Barbara |
Private | 3.0 | 243 | +161.3% |
| Bishop Garcia Diego High School Santa Barbara |
Private | 3.6 | 263 | -0.8% |