Empire Springs Charter
Temecula · CA · Empire Springs Charter District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Harbor Springs Charter → River Springs Charter → Elite Academic Academy - Lucerne → Elite Academic Academy - Mountain Empire → Method Schools LA → Chaparral High → Temecula Valley High → JCS - Pine Hills →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% 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 Empire Springs Charter compares for families
What families should know about Empire Springs Charter.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Harbor Springs Charter, River Springs Charter, Elite Academic Academy - Lucerne and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% 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.
🏛️ 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.
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 +9.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,854 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $10,176 per student in district revenue, the 1,004 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $10,216,704/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor Springs Charter Temecula |
Public · charter | 0.0 | 61 | — |
| River Springs Charter Temecula |
Public · charter | 0.0 | 987 | -2.8% |
| Elite Academic Academy - Lucerne Temecula |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 262 | +48.9% |
| Elite Academic Academy - Mountain Empire Temecula |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 222 | +32.1% |
| Method Schools LA Temecula |
Public · charter | 1.5 | 161 | +40.0% |
| Chaparral High Temecula |
Public | 1.9 | 3,136 | +5.5% |
| Temecula Valley High Temecula |
Public | 2.4 | 2,739 | -6.4% |
| JCS - Pine Hills Temecula |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 253 | -3.1% |