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Orange County Classical Academy

Orange · CA · Orange County Classical Academy District · Public charter · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Orange County Classical Academy compares for families

What families should know about Orange County Classical Academy.

  • LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: El Modena High, OUSD Community Day, OUSD Home Sch and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

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.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

17.8%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<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.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 417 in 2021 to 740 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+77.5%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +21.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 740 students:

2025
896
2027
1,313
2029
1,925

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $10,033 per student in district revenue, the 1,185 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $11,889,105/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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
El Modena High
Orange
Public 0.3 1,795 -11.4%
OUSD Community Day
Orange
Public 1.2 4
OUSD Home Sch
Orange
Public 1.2 52
Spirit Academy
Orange
Private 1.4 130 +5.7%
Villa Park High
Villa Park
Public 1.6 2,023 -6.6%
Foothill High
Santa Ana
Public 2.0 2,126 -8.2%
Orange High
Orange
Public 2.2 1,728 -0.7%
Orange Lutheran High School
Orange
Private 2.4 1,394 +2.9%

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