New West Charter
Los Angeles · CA · New West Charter District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Wildwood School K-12 → New Roads School → University High School Charter → Lighthouse Christian Academy → Magnolia Science Academy 4 → Crossroads School For Arts & Sciences → Geffen Academy At Ucla → Pacifica Christian High School →📋 At a glance
- 🔢 3 calculus classes · 4 physics · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 47% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 33% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How New West Charter compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Wildwood School K-12, New Roads School, University High School Charter and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 47% of US high schools
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 · 2020-21Bottom 33% 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?
90th percentile nationally
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
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 -2.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 980 students:
≈ 94 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $12,689 per student in district revenue, the 94 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,192,766/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood School K-12 Los Angeles |
Private | 0.3 | 739 | -2.2% |
| New Roads School Santa Monica |
Private | 0.4 | 548 | +7.5% |
| University High School Charter Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 1,385 | -4.4% |
| Lighthouse Christian Academy Santa Monica |
Private | 0.9 | 44 | — |
| Magnolia Science Academy 4 Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 98 | -10.1% |
| Crossroads School For Arts & Sciences Santa Monica |
Private | 1.3 | 1,213 | +3.0% |
| Geffen Academy At Ucla Los Angeles |
Private | 1.7 | 604 | +28.2% |
| Pacifica Christian High School Santa Monica |
Private | 1.8 | 262 | +14.4% |