Imperial County Special Education
El Centro · CA · Imperial County Office of Education · Public · K-12 combined
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Imperial County Juvenile Hall/Community → Imperial Pathways Charter → Southwest High → Desert Oasis High (Continuation) → Valley Academy → Central Union High → Imperial Valley ROP → Valley Christian Heritage School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 10% (Bottom 1% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Imperial County Special Education compares for families
What families should know about Imperial County Special Education.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Imperial County Juvenile Hall/Community, Imperial Pathways Charter, Southwest 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 1% 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.8%/year, projecting from 2023's 491 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial County Juvenile Hall/Community El Centro |
Public | 0.0 | 11 | — |
| Imperial Pathways Charter El Centro |
Public · charter | 0.0 | 246 | +43.9% |
| Southwest High El Centro |
Public | 1.9 | 1,846 | -2.9% |
| Desert Oasis High (Continuation) El Centro |
Public | 2.2 | 138 | +7.8% |
| Valley Academy El Centro |
Public | 2.4 | 192 | +57.4% |
| Central Union High El Centro |
Public | 2.5 | 2,006 | +4.1% |
| Imperial Valley ROP El Centro |
Public | 2.7 | — | — |
| Valley Christian Heritage School Imperial |
Private | 4.9 | 13 | — |