Altus Schools South Bay
Chula Vista · CA · Altus Schools South Bay District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Hilltop Senior High → South Bay Christian Academy → Berean Bible Baptist Academy → Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter → San Diego SCPA → Chula Vista Senior High → Sweetwater High → Chula Vista Learning Community Charter →📋 At a glance
- 📚 8 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 5 physics · 3 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 71th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 52% (Bottom 10% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Altus Schools South Bay compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 71th percentile nationally with 8 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Hilltop Senior High, South Bay Christian Academy, Berean Bible Baptist Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
71th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 10% 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
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 +4.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 372 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $13,059 per student in district revenue, the 82 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,070,838/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop Senior High Chula Vista |
Public | 0.9 | 1,771 | -7.1% |
| South Bay Christian Academy Chula Vista |
Private | 1.9 | 38 | — |
| Berean Bible Baptist Academy Chula Vista |
Private | 2.1 | 31 | — |
| Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter Chula Vista |
Public · charter | 2.1 | — | — |
| San Diego SCPA San Diego |
Public | 2.2 | 731 | -6.9% |
| Chula Vista Senior High Chula Vista |
Public | 2.4 | 1,864 | -16.3% |
| Sweetwater High National City |
Public | 2.5 | 2,290 | -18.3% |
| Chula Vista Learning Community Charter Chula Vista |
Public · charter | 2.6 | 404 | +0.5% |