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Santa Clarita Valley International → Valencia High → Opportunities for Learning - William S. Hart → West Ranch High → Mission View Public → Academy of the Canyons → Saugus High → Bowman (Jereann) High (Continuation) →📋 At a glance
- 📚 4 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: 56th percentile nationally
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Castaic High compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 56th percentile nationally with 4 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: Santa Clarita Valley International, Valencia High, Opportunities for Learning - William S. Hart and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
56th percentile nationally
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
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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 1,159 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $20,101 per student in district revenue, the 261 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $5,246,361/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clarita Valley International Castaic |
Public · charter | 3.5 | 103 | -58.3% |
| Valencia High Valencia |
Public | 6.3 | 2,286 | -8.0% |
| Opportunities for Learning - William S. Hart Valencia |
Public · charter | 6.4 | 405 | -0.7% |
| West Ranch High Valencia |
Public | 7.1 | 1,777 | -11.9% |
| Mission View Public Santa Clarita |
Public · charter | 7.9 | 250 | -4.6% |
| Academy of the Canyons Santa Clarita |
Public | 8.1 | 385 | -2.5% |
| Saugus High Saugus |
Public | 8.5 | 2,317 | -5.6% |
| Bowman (Jereann) High (Continuation) Santa Clarita |
Public | 9.8 | 224 | -24.1% |