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YouthBuild Charter School of California

Los Angeles · CA · YouthBuild Charter School of California District · Public charter

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Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
  • 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 28% (Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

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

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How YouthBuild Charter School of California compares for families

What families should know about YouthBuild Charter School of California.

  • LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Ednovate - Brio College Prep, Icl Academy For Film And Performing Arts, School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex 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.

🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
28%
Single-point estimate
4-year cohort size
423
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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

89.4%
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)

≥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

Student : Counselor
68:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
13.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
39
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

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

Grade 12 went from 107 in 2021 to 152 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+42.1%

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +4.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 880 students:

2025
918
2027
1,001
2029
1,090

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

Revenue upside

At $15,769 per student in district revenue, the 210 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $3,311,490/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
Ednovate - Brio College Prep
Los Angeles
Public · charter 0.4 500 +5.0%
Icl Academy For Film And Performing Arts
Los Angeles
Private 0.5 158
School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex
Los Angeles
Public 0.7 392 -7.5%
Contreras Lrng Center-Los Angeles Sch of Global Studies
Los Angeles
Public 0.7 317 -3.9%
Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community
Los Angeles
Public 0.7 392 -20.8%
Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice
Los Angeles
Public 0.7 326 -23.8%
Downtown Business High
Los Angeles
Public 0.9 819 -9.3%
Edward R. Roybal Learning Center
Los Angeles
Public 0.9 1,130 +15.8%

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