Monarch River Academy
Porterville · CA · Monarch River Academy District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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- 📚 4 AP courses offered — Moderate
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 37% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Monarch River Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Yosemite Valley Charter, Truth Tabernacle Christian School, Carter G. Woodson Public Charter and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 37% of US high schools
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.
🏛️ 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 +6.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,338 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $10,510 per student in district revenue, the 494 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $5,191,940/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.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yosemite Valley Charter Fresno |
Public · charter | 0.0 | 500 | +23.8% |
| Truth Tabernacle Christian School Fresno |
Private | 0.6 | 145 | -11.0% |
| Carter G. Woodson Public Charter Fresno |
Public · charter | 0.9 | 330 | +0.3% |
| Erma Duncan Polytechnical High Fresno |
Public | 0.9 | 1,186 | -0.4% |
| Fresno ROP Fresno |
Public | 1.2 | — | — |
| Aspen Ridge Public Fresno |
Public · charter | 1.3 | 109 | — |
| McLane High Fresno |
Public | 1.4 | 2,056 | +13.5% |
| University High Fresno |
Public · charter | 1.6 | 498 | +2.3% |