ALBA
San Diego · CA · San Diego Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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Aseltine School → Home & Hosp/Transition Support → Academy Of Our Lady Of Peace → Urban Skills Center → Cook Education Center → St Augustine High School → Health Sciences High and Middle College → Aces 2020 Llc Dba: Aces Academy →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How ALBA compares for families
What families should know about ALBA.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Aseltine School, Home & Hosp/Transition Support, Academy Of Our Lady Of Peace 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.
👩🏫 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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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 +18.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aseltine School San Diego |
Private | 0.8 | 29 | — |
| Home & Hosp/Transition Support San Diego |
Public | 0.8 | 31 | — |
| Academy Of Our Lady Of Peace San Diego |
Private | 1.0 | 750 | +0.3% |
| Urban Skills Center San Diego |
Private | 1.2 | 22 | — |
| Cook Education Center San Diego |
Private | 1.2 | 49 | — |
| St Augustine High School San Diego |
Private | 1.3 | 743 | +1.6% |
| Health Sciences High and Middle College San Diego |
Public · charter | 1.4 | 535 | -10.5% |
| Aces 2020 Llc Dba: Aces Academy San Diego |
Private | 1.5 | 12 | — |