Mission Early College High Sch
Santa Clara · Santa Clara County · Public
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- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 10% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 84% (Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Mission Early College High Sch compares for families
Above-average college outcomes statewide.
- ▸ Statewide40.7% UC Reach — 22.6 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 84% of California high schools.
- ▸ Locally📘 Top 5% in California on ELA proficiency — plus 1 more top-rank.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (40.7% UC Reach vs 5.7% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 10% 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 33% 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
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
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.
Mission Early College High Sch sent 134 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 17.9% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 40.7% — 22.6 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 84% of California high schools..
+35.0 pp above peer median (5.7%) · Ranked #1 of 3 similar schools
18.1%
5.7%
51.2%
40.7%
Higher than 84% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Mission Early College High Sch's UC Reach of 40.7% is in the top quartile statewide (median 18.1%; top 25% bar 30.5%) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 51.2%.
Against similar schools, Mission Early College High Sch stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 5.7%.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 57 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Mission Early College High Sch's UC Reach is higher than 84% of California high schools (978 ranked).
UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA
Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.
| Campus | 4.00+ GPA | 3.70–3.99 GPA | 3.30–3.69 GPA | < 3.30 GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego | Strong shot | Moderate | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Irvine | Strong shot | Real shot | Long odds | Filtered out |
| UC Davis | Strong shot | Strong shot | Real shot | Filtered out |
The numbers behind it
| Campus | Applicant GPA | Admit GPA | Lift ⓘ | Admit rate | vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego | 4.08 | 4.25 | +0.17 | 26.9% | Peers +0.22 · wider |
| UC Irvine | 4.06 | 4.20 | +0.14 | 22.7% | Peers +0.19 · wider |
| UC Davis | 4.02 | 4.17 | +0.15 | 42.9% | Peers +0.21 · wider |
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)
| GPA band | UCB | UCLA | UCSD | UCSB | UCI | UCD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.00+ | 17.0% | 15.1% | 45.2% | 62.3% | 46.3% | 65.9% |
| 3.70–3.99 | 3.1% | 1.6% | 9.3% | 17.6% | 17.0% | 31.1% |
| 3.30–3.69 | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 10.3% |
| 3.00–3.29 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.9% |
| < 3.00 | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.7% |
Where Mission Early College High Sch sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (31.6% actual vs. 26.8% expected).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 23 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.11 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 23 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.07 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 26 | 7 | 6 | 26.9% | 11.9% | 85.7% | 4.08 | 4.25 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 12 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.03 | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 22 | 5 | —† | 22.7% | 8.5% | — | 4.06 | 4.20 |
| UC Davis → | 28 | 12 | 5 | 42.9% | 20.3% | 41.7% | 4.02 | 4.17 |
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 — 2025-26
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 2025-26 (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.
Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.
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 (+8.1%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~205 | +15 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~240 | +50 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~280 | +90 | $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.
Mission Early College High Sch — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Santa Clara · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Mission Early College High Sch sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 3): 41% vs. a peer median of 6%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 7 points since 2020.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 92% (25→48 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -15%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+8.1%/yr); projects to ~240 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Early College High Sch | Public | 190 | 40.7% | +92% |
| Peer-group median | 5.7% | -15% | ||
| San Jose Conservation Corps Charter | Public | 185 | — | -29% |
| Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock | Public | 202 | — | -21% |
| Foothill High | Public | 217 | — | -36% |
| Kipp Esperanza High School | Public | 178 | 7.0% | -39% |
| B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy | Public | 215 | — | -10% |
| Robertson High (continuation) | Public | 162 | — | +1% |
| New Valley Continuation High | Public | 117 | — | -10% |
| Boynton High School | Public | 132 | — | -38% |
| East Palo Alto Academy | Public | 245 | 4.4% | -9% |
| Pegasus High | Public | 127 | — | +27% |
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.
Mission Early College High Sch outperformed Santa Clara County on enrollment (school +92.0% vs. county -6.2%) AND maintains 96.7% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.
6 of 184 students who enrolled at Mission Early College High Sch this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (3.3% 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.