Circle of Independent Learning
Fremont · CA · Fremont Unified · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Young Adult Program → John F. Kennedy High → Mission Valley ROCP → Washington High → Newark Memorial High → Fremont Christian School → Irvington High → Robertson High (Continuation) →📋 At a glance
- 📚 1 AP courses offered — Moderate
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 2 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 44% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 7% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 82% (Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Circle of Independent Learning 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: Young Adult Program, John F. Kennedy High, Mission Valley ROCP 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 44% 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 · 2020-21Bottom 7% 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 29% 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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 394 students:
≈ 13 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 $14,879 per student in district revenue, the 13 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $193,427/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Adult Program Fremont |
Public | 0.0 | 48 | — |
| John F. Kennedy High Fremont |
Public | 0.7 | 1,273 | -3.1% |
| Mission Valley ROCP Fremont |
Public | 0.8 | — | — |
| Washington High Fremont |
Public | 1.0 | 1,957 | +0.9% |
| Newark Memorial High Newark |
Public | 1.3 | 1,367 | -16.3% |
| Fremont Christian School Fremont |
Private | 1.7 | 457 | -19.7% |
| Irvington High Fremont |
Public | 1.7 | 2,157 | -6.8% |
| Robertson High (Continuation) Fremont |
Public | 1.9 | 169 | +9.0% |