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Downtown College Preparatory
· Santa Clara County · San Jose Unified · Public
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Downtown College Preparatory compares for families
What families should know about Downtown College Preparatory.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Kipp San Jose Collegiate, Latino College Prep Academy, University Preparatory Academy Charter and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025
Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.
Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.
Student composition — 2024-25
HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.
Race / ethnicity
Program subgroups
Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2024-25 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.
Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25
Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.
Absenteeism is up 20.8 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+1.5%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~528 | +8 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~543 | +23 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~559 | +39 | $0 |
Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.
Downtown College Preparatory — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 130% (71→163 from 2018 to 2025), outpacing the peer-group median of -6%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+1.5%/yr); projects to ~543 by 2028.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown College Preparatory | Public | 520 | — | +130% |
| Peer-group median | 14.0% | -6% | ||
| Kipp San Jose Collegiate | Public | 530 | 42.3% | +38% |
| Latino College Prep Academy | Public | 427 | 24.3% | -8% |
| University Preparatory Academy Charter | Public | 731 | — | +12% |
| Gunderson High | Public | 714 | — | -24% |
| Alpha Cindy Avitia High School | Public | 341 | 9.6% | -4% |
| James Lick High School | Public | 788 | 8.0% | -9% |
| San Jose High School | Public | 904 | 7.9% | -11% |
| Opportunity Youth Academy | Public | 333 | — | -44% |
| Kipp Navigate College Prep | Public | 300 | 14.5% | -5% |
| Luis Valdez Leadership Academy | Public | 261 | 14.0% | +6% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →
Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25
Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Santa Clara County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
On the surface Downtown College Preparatory looks fine — enrollment is +129.6% vs. Santa Clara County +6.3%, and 90.2% of students stay through year-end. But <strong>chronic absenteeism is at 35.0%, up +20.8 pts since 2016-17 (county median 18.9%). Disengagement leads departure — families pull back from the day-to-day before they formally leave. The demand signal usually follows within 2–3 years.
53 of 540 students who enrolled at Downtown College Preparatory this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.
District financial profile — San Jose Unified (FY2020)
From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.
Local: 68.0%
Federal: 6.6%
Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the San Jose Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).