Alternative school · San Diego Unified · San Diego, California

Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego

San Diego · 6–12 · 1,375 students (2024–25)

10170 Huennekens Street, 92121charterschool-sandiego.net ↗(858) 678-2020

Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego is an alternative school: students are enrolled through a placement, application, or referral process specific to the program.

Compared only with other alternative schools: higher than 77 of the 97 other scored California alternative high schools.

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The dots are California’s 98 scored alternative high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Why not spring 2026? High school scores include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of seven measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓

Altus Schools Charter School of San Diegohigher than 77 of the 97 other schools

California’s alternative high schools · 1 dot each

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Altus Schools Charter School of San Diegohigher than 77 of the 97 other schools

California’s alternative high schools · 1 dot each

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Altus Schools Charter School of San Diegohigher than 77 of the 97 other schools

California’s alternative high schools · 1 dot each

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In 2024–25, 61% of the class graduated in four years (306 of 498); across California’s alternative high schools, 35%.

Source

Source: CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students: students who started 9th grade together: 498
Comparison: Alternative high schools with a graduation record: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 122 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 8,737 of 24,956). It counts every school with a graduation record, so it can differ from the number of schools we rank.

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In grade 11, spring 2026, 58% scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing), against 33% at other alternative high schools.

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Sources

The sentence above: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 11. Alternative high schools: the grade 11 results of 109 alternative schools combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 11,827 in English tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates. Evidence ↓

Is Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego a good alternative school?

Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego scores higher than 78 in 100 of the 98 California alternative high schools we score, compared only within that group: 78th percentile, Strong, spring 2025. Why alternative schools are ranked separately. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 23 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 44 in 100 at the average California alternative high school we score. 0 of 2,807 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.0% at the average California alternative high school we score. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 33% of low-income students in grades 6, 7, 8 and 11 at Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego scored Proficient or Advanced in English. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

The College Board approved this school to teach 9 AP courses in 4 subjects for 2025–26.

21 students took a college course for credit in 2023–24, by the federal Civil Rights Data Collection

Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

32% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $31.5 million is planned for 20 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 80% of its $39.5 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How does Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego compare with California alternative schools?

Well above California alternative schools in English; near them in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 58% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 17% in math, against 33% and 14% at California alternative schools.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grade 11: 137 in English, 136 in math
Comparison: California alternative high schools with results in grade 11: the 109 such schools’ results combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 11,827 in English, 11,786 in math tested). It counts every school with results, so it can differ from the number of schools we rank. The comparisons use the same grade and year.

AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 137 tested

Advanced: 23%
Proficient: 35%
Below the standard: 42%

This school58%

California alternative high schools33%

58% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 136 tested

Advanced: 6%
Proficient: 11%
Below the standard: 83%

This school17%

California alternative high schools14%

17% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 6–8 and 11 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	26%	29%	31%
Advanced	5%	5%	7%
Proficient	21%	24%	24%
Developing level	27%	36%	28%
Minimal	47%	35%	41%
Tested	62	96	150

English, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 11
Proficient or Advanced	58%
Advanced	23%
Proficient	35%
Developing level	30%
Minimal	12%
Tested	137

Math

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	10%	15%	11%
Advanced	5%	5%	5%
Proficient	5%	10%	6%
Developing level	17%	16%	14%
Minimal	73%	69%	75%
Tested	62	97	150

Math, grade 11: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 11
Proficient or Advanced	17%
Advanced	6%
Proficient	11%
Developing level	14%
Minimal	69%
Tested	136

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 41 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 19 points at California alternative schools. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 56% to 58% and math from 15% to 17%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202556%145 tested

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202658%137 tested

This school

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202515%143 tested

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202617%136 tested

This school

Each year is a different group of students. Our comparison with California alternative schools covers spring 2026 only, so this pair shows this school alone.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts

Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grade 11 · This school	23%	35%	30%	12%	137
English, grade 11 · California alternative high schools	10%	23%	29%	38%	11,827
Math, grade 11 · This school	6%	11%	14%	69%	136
Math, grade 11 · California alternative high schools	8%	6%	12%	74%	11,786

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The California alternative high schools row combines those schools’ results, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, readiness and college destinations answer different questions below.

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11

This school

0%50%100%20172022202658%

Math top two levels, grade 11

This school

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The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 62% in 2017 to 58% in 2026. In math, it went from 16% in 2017 to 17% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school
2017	62% 175 tested
2018	60% 129 tested
2019	54% 222 tested
2022	61% 197 tested
2023	62% 160 tested
2024	63% 169 tested
2025	56% 145 tested
2026	58% 137 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school
2017	16% 177 tested
2018	23% 129 tested
2019	15% 222 tested
2022	20% 199 tested
2023	17% 163 tested
2024	14% 169 tested
2025	15% 143 tested
2026	17% 136 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego’s results?

The state has Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego in its most intensive support; its own board decides its plan.

What has the state flagged?

2025–26 is its 4th year in a row in this support. The state named it for its graduation rate. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them and look at how money and staff are divided among schools. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source

The state is giving Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego extra help in 2026, because of results for Hispanic or Latino students.

Extra help for Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2026 California School Dashboard. Source

Where is its yearly plan?

What its plan pays for ↓

San Diego Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2031.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

61% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 35% at California alternative high schools. 20% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 32% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

61%

California alternative high schools: 35%

2024–25 · 306 of 498 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

20%

California alternative high schools: 11%

2024–25 · 102 of 504 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

17%

California alternative high schools: 19%

2024–25 · 51 of 306 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

32% enrolled in college within 12 months · 391 students who finished high school

University of California UC detail ↓3 · 1%
California State University CSU detail ↓6 · 1%
California community college105 · 27%
In-state private7 · 2%
Out-of-state, 4-year4 · 1%
Out-of-state, 2-year1 · <1%
Not enrolled265 · 68%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 9 AP courses in 4 subjects for 2025–26.

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025–26. Authorization doesn’t show which courses run or who can take them; ask the school.

Math & Computer Science1
Sciences2
English2
History & Social Science4

Every approved AP course9 courses in 4 subjects, 9 through outside providers

Math & Computer Science 1

Calculus AB

Sciences 2

Biology
Environmental Science

English 2

English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition

History & Social Science 4

Human Geography
U.S. Government and Politics
United States History
World History: Modern

9 authorizations through outside providers

Calculus ABEdgenuity · 2025–26
English Language and CompositionEdgenuity · 2025–26
English Literature and CompositionEdgenuity · 2025–26
Environmental ScienceEdgenuity · 2025–26
Human GeographyEdgenuity · 2025–26
PsychologyEdgenuity · 2025–26
U.S. Government and PoliticsEdgenuity · 2025–26
United States HistoryEdgenuity · 2025–26
World History: ModernEdgenuity · 2025–26

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)

21 students took one

2023–24

Students taking a college course for credit while in high school, often through a community college. Federal Civil Rights Data Collection, school-reported.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition

Graduated in four years: 2024–25 · 306 of 498 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure): 2024–25 · 102 of 504 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of Prepared students and indicator students across California alternative high schools, not a CDE figure.
Finished the UC/CSU course list: 2024–25 · 51 of 306 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates who finished the list across California alternative high schools, not a CDE figure.
Where students who finished high school went: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied: 14
Admitted: 7
Enrolled: under 3

By campus · fall 2025

UC San DiegoApplied 13 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
UC IrvineApplied 9 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
UCLAApplied 8 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
UC RiversideApplied 7 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 3
UC Santa BarbaraApplied 6 · Admitted 4 · Enrolled under 3
UC BerkeleyApplied 5 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
UC DavisApplied 5 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
UC MercedApplied 5 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled under 3

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2016

Fall 2025Applied 14 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 3
Fall 2024Applied 14 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled 4
Fall 2023Applied 11 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled 3
Fall 2022Applied 15 · Admitted 9 · Enrolled 4
Fall 2021Applied 11 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled 3
Fall 2020Applied 10 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 3
Fall 2019Applied 12 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled 5
Fall 2018Applied 12 · Admitted 9 · Enrolled 4
Fall 2017Applied 8 · Admitted 4 · Enrolled under 3
Fall 2016Applied 9 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3

CSU’s own records

California State University

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied: 24
Admitted: 21
Enrolled: 7

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

San Diego StateApplied 76 · Admitted 41 · Enrolled 19
Cal State San MarcosApplied 25 · Admitted 20 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State Long BeachApplied 24 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled —
San Francisco StateApplied 23 · Admitted 18 · Enrolled under 6
Chico StateApplied 18 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled under 6
Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 17 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
Cal State FullertonApplied 16 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled —
Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 16 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled under 6
Cal Poly PomonaApplied 10 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled —
Cal State NorthridgeApplied 9 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled under 6
Sonoma StateApplied 9 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
Sacramento StateApplied 8 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled —
Cal State LAApplied 7 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled —
CSU Channel IslandsApplied 6 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled —
Cal State East BayApplied 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
San José StateApplied 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
CSU BakersfieldApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
Fresno StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
Cal Poly Maritime AcademyApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State Monterey BayApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State San BernardinoApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled under 6
Stanislaus StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021

Fall 2025Applied 24 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled 7
Fall 2024Applied 16 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled under 6
Fall 2023Applied 19 · Admitted 17 · Enrolled 7
Fall 2022Applied 20 · Admitted 19 · Enrolled under 6
Fall 2021Applied 23 · Admitted 19 · Enrolled 8

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

23 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average California alternative high school we score, 44 in 100 were. 0 of 2,807 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.0% at the average California alternative high school we score.

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 440 of 1,940 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 2,807 students enrolled during the year
Comparison: Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

23 in 100This school

44 in 100At the average California alternative high school we score

440 of 1,940 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 2,807

students were suspended at least once. Average California alternative high school we score 1.0%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts

Grade 6: 1 in 100, 1 of 76
Grades 7–8: 2 in 100, 5 of 280
Grades 9–12: 27 in 100, 434 of 1,584

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income and Hispanic or Latino students here scored well above the same groups at California alternative high schools in English.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

Both groups score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 52% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grade 11, spring 2026), against 30% for the same group at California alternative high schools. Hispanic or Latino students: 54% in English, against 31% for the same group at California alternative high schools.

Source

Source: California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison: California alternative high schools: the same group in the same grades at schools in this class, combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Altus Schools Charter School of San DiegoSame group, California alternative high schoolsAhead of the same group at California alternative high schools, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students

Low-incomeEnglish · 91 testedAhead of the same group at California alternative high schools, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 52%Same group, Alternative 30%
Low-incomeMath · 91 tested8%Same group, Alternative 13%
Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 72 testedAhead of the same group at California alternative high schools, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 54%Same group, Alternative 31%
Hispanic or LatinoMath · 71 tested11%Same group, Alternative 12%
WhiteEnglish · 30 tested70%Same group, Alternative 38%
WhiteMath · 30 tested33%Same group, Alternative 20%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Hispanic or Latino56%
White22%
Black or African American9%
Two or more races7%
Asian2%
Filipino2%
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share2%

A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

44% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 80 of 181 English learners44%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

73%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 1,002 of 1,375.

40teachers, 2024–25

14 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

0%in their first year, 2024–25

18%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep low-income and Hispanic or Latino students on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results against California alternative high schools, with sources

Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs California alternative high schools
Low-income · 91 tested
English	52%	+2230%
Math	8%	−513%
Hispanic or Latino · 72 tested in English, 71 in math
English	54%	+2331%
Math	11%	−112%
White · 30 tested
English	70%	+3238%
Math	33%	+1320%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject at California alternative high schools. ■ Green: a group that is behind at California alternative high schools does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Black or African American and homeless students, students of two or more races and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander and military-family students, English learners and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26

Students, 2025–26	Here
Hispanic or Latino	56%
White	22%
Black or African American	9%
Two or more races	7%
Asian	2%
Filipino	2%
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 18% of teaching positions, 8.5 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 46.4 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

In its own words

What does Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego’s own plan commit to?

Its 2026–27 plan

The plan lists what the school commits to spend and measure.

$31.5 million

planned for 20 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 80% of its $39.5 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the charter school’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 169 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Its 20 actions are listed in the plan’s action tables.

Reading, math and catch-up help

No action title in this plan names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners.

For high-need students

It plans $7.4 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $5.4 million and estimates it spent $5.5 million, $0.1 million (2%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $11.7 million (59%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. We couldn’t match $31.5 million of this $31.5 million plan to individual actions in last year’s plan. These lists cover the rest.

What its goals measure

Read these state results for this school as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

The test rows are schoolwide results for every grade the school tests; the source doesn’t list which grades. The headline at the top of this page covers grade 11 only: 58% in English and 17% in math, spring 2026.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure	2024–25	2025–26	Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 2	40%	38%	down 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1, 2 and 3	15%	14%	down 1 pt
Chronically absentGoal 1	23 in 100	23 in 100	no change
Suspended at least onceGoal 4	0 of 2,551	0 of 2,807	no change

Goal 5 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the school tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The full plan5 goals, 31 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($31.5 million).

Where does the money go?

57% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

fell 25% or more
fell 10–25%
fell 2–10%
within 2%
grew 2–10%
grew 10–25%
grew 25% or more
new or renamed title
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Maximize student academic engagement and achievement through the implementation of a personalized and…$17.9 million57% of action budgets

“Maximize student academic engagement and achievement through the implementation of a personalized and innovative instructional program with metrics appropriate for a school participating in the Dashboard Alternative School Status Program (DASS)” p. 22 ↗

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $9.5 million (+⁠$8.4 million)

Action titles are in the plan: p. 133 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

Title not confirmed · $6.0 million · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $5.3 million · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $1.9 million · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $1.7 million · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $1.3 million · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $914,403 · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $806,673 · p. 133 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 9 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 22 ↗.

Goal 2Deliver a comprehensive and challenging curriculum emphasizing 21st-century learning skills aligned with…$4.4 million14% of action budgets

“Deliver a comprehensive and challenging curriculum emphasizing 21st-century learning skills aligned with California Content Standards, ensuring accessibility for all students” p. 47 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $3.1 million (+⁠$1.3 million)

Action titles are in the plan: p. 133 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

Title not confirmed · $1.8 million · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $1.7 million · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $903,032 · p. 133 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 12 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 47 ↗.

Goal 3Implement a targeted, data-driven professional learning system to enhance teacher effectiveness and ensure…$2.4 million8% of action budgets

“Implement a targeted, data-driven professional learning system to enhance teacher effectiveness and ensure high-quality instruction schoolwide” p. 62 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.9 million (+⁠$571,672)

Action titles are in the plan: p. 133 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

Title not confirmed · $1.3 million · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $736,681 · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $422,449 · p. 133 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 3 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 62 ↗.

Goal 4Provide a safe, secure, and supportive school environment that fosters a positive culture for teaching and…$3.3 million10% of action budgets

“Provide a safe, secure, and supportive school environment that fosters a positive culture for teaching and learning, accessible to all educational partners” p. 77 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.4 million (+⁠$911,751)

Action titles are in the plan: p. 133 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

Title not confirmed · $1.1 million · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $1.1 million · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $639,459 · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $457,154 · p. 133 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 5 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 77 ↗.

Goal 5Provide innovative and engaging community-based resource centers to provide comprehensive support services…$3.5 million11% of action budgets

“Provide innovative and engaging community-based resource centers to provide comprehensive support services for students, parents, and families” p. 89 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.9 million (+⁠$585,797)

Action titles are in the plan: p. 133 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

Title not confirmed · $3.2 million · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $207,262 · p. 133 ↗not compared
Title not confirmed · $105,745 · p. 133 ↗not compared

How the plan measures it · 2 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 89 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Ask Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego how it admits students. Charter schools set their own enrollment steps and dates.

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades: Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery: What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics: What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?

School website: charterschool-sandiego.net ↗Office: (858) 678-2020Administrator: Tim Tuter

Location and visiting

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10170 Huennekens Street, San Diego 92121

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Questions for your visit

What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 83% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 11, spring 2026 (136 students tested); Schools in its class: 86%
How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (858) 678-202010170 Huennekens Street, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby high schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest high schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary. Each percentile listed compares a school with California high schools; Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego’s compares it only with California alternative high schools.

Nearby high schoolsPercentile among California high schools, 2025

Mira Mesa High2.6 mi
83rdStrongScope Score 71

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Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #21 of 98 California alternative high schools we score

Score factors, 2024–25
Factor	School	Weight
Graduation rate	61%	25%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math	13%	22%
Ready for college or career (state measure)	20%	20%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math	36%	18%
Chronically absent	23 in 100	5%
Suspension rate	0 of 2,551	5%
English learners: top level	24%	5%

Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego is ranked only among California alternative high schools, so this table sets it beside no other school; the chapters above compare each figure with that class. School values are from 2024–25. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2024–25	33	78	#21	California alternative high schools · 98 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School year	Chronic absence	Suspension
2018–19	not on file	not on file
2021–22	not on file	not on file
2022–23	not on file	not on file
2023–24	23 in 100	0 of 2,916
2024–25	23 in 100	0 of 2,551

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	445	11%	38%
2026 · Math	445	5%	14%
2025 · English	436	12%	40%
2025 · Math	434	6%	15%
2024 · English	460	12%	42%
2024 · Math	460	3%	13%
2023 · English	446	13%	41%
2023 · Math	449	4%	13%
2022 · English	513	13%	45%
2022 · Math	512	5%	17%
2019 · English	445	15%	42%
2019 · Math	448	5%	15%
2018 · English	291	14%	45%
2018 · Math	291	6%	18%
2017 · English	379	11%	44%
2017 · Math	382	3%	14%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 6 · English	49	27%
2025 · Grade 7 · English	97	31%
2025 · Grade 8 · English	145	34%
2025 · Grade 11 · English	145	56%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	49	16%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math	96	14%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math	146	16%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math	143	15%
2024 · Grade 6 · English	48	21%
2024 · Grade 7 · English	100	30%
2024 · Grade 8 · English	143	31%
2024 · Grade 11 · English	169	63%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	48	21%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	101	14%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	142	8%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math	169	14%
2023 · Grade 6 · English	54	24%
2023 · Grade 7 · English	106	29%
2023 · Grade 8 · English	126	33%
2023 · Grade 11 · English	160	62%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	54	7%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	106	16%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	126	10%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math	163	17%
2022 · Grade 6 · English	74	39%
2022 · Grade 7 · English	108	38%
2022 · Grade 8 · English	134	29%
2022 · Grade 11 · English	197	61%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	75	17%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	107	16%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	131	11%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math	199	20%
2019 · Grade 6 · English	32	25%
2019 · Grade 7 · English	80	32%
2019 · Grade 8 · English	111	32%
2019 · Grade 11 · English	222	54%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	32	19%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	81	15%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	113	13%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math	222	15%
2018 · Grade 7 · English	66	33%
2018 · Grade 8 · English	96	31%
2018 · Grade 11 · English	129	60%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math	66	12%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math	96	15%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math	129	23%
2017 · Grade 7 · English	84	25%
2017 · Grade 8 · English	120	30%
2017 · Grade 11 · English	175	62%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math	83	13%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math	122	10%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math	177	16%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026

Science (CAST)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	571	4%	17%	68%	11%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026

Group · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced
Low-income	317	33%
Hispanic or Latino	245	33%
Students with disabilities	116	19%

Each group is compared with the same group at California alternative high schools under Every learner.

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score

Group	English	n	CDE category	Math	n	CDE category
All students	+8	144	Accelerated	−4	144	Average
Low-income	+4	115	Average	−8	115	Moderate
English-only students	+14	88	not categorized	−1	88	not categorized
Hispanic or Latino	+11	79	Accelerated	−5	79	Average
White	+4	38	Average	+7	38	Accelerated
English learners	−8	37	Moderate	−10	37	Moderate
Students with disabilities	−8	36	Moderate	−3	36	Average
English learners only	−22	23	not categorized	−7	23	not categorized
Homeless	−22	22	Minimal	−23	22	Minimal
Long-term English learners (grades 6–8 only)	−18	22	Moderate	−9	22	Moderate
Two or more races	−9	15	Moderate	−28	15	Minimal
Recently reclassified as fluent in English	+23	14	not categorized	−11	14	not categorized

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. Long-term English learner counts cover grades 6–8 only (CDE’s rule), so that row is not comparable to the All students row. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+8 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 6–8

144 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

State model · math−4 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 6–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 6–8

144 students

CDE growth category: Average

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California middle school records, the median English estimate is −2 and the middle half fall between −10 and +5 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 6–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 23 in 100 → 2025–26 · 23 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 2,551 → 2025–26 · 0 of 2,807 · 0.0 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	—	22 in 100	—
Male	—	23 in 100	—
Asian	—	21 in 100	—
Black or African American	—	21 in 100	—
Filipino	—	26 in 100	—
Hispanic or Latino	—	24 in 100	—
Two or more races	—	23 in 100	—
White	—	19 in 100	—
Students with disabilities	—	23 in 100	—
English learners	—	23 in 100	—
Foster youth	—	33 in 100	—
Homeless	—	33 in 100	—
Low-income	—	25 in 100	—
All students	—	23 in 100	—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students

Measure	Source record
This school · CCI overall Prepared	CDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 20% · numerator 102 students classified Prepared · denominator 504 CCI students.

AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 3% · AP-pathway numerator 3 · denominator 102 (CCI Prepared students). This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 102 of 504 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The school CCI rate has its own student cohort and source year.

Graduation rate

61%

AP route, among those ready for college or career

2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings

Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)

17%

A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility

College-going rate

32%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

UC admissions, universitywidefall 2016–2025 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes

Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	Mean GPA (applied)	Mean GPA (admitted)	Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025	14	7	under 3	3.73	3.86	—
2024	14	11	4	3.73	3.75	—
2023	11	6	3	3.75	3.92	—
2022	15	9	4	3.75	3.89	—
2021	11	7	3	3.75	3.86	—
2020	10	6	under 3	3.88	3.94	—
2019	12	7	5	3.68	3.86	3.75
2018	12	9	4	3.73	3.86	—
2017	8	4	under 3	3.33	—	—
2016	9	under 3	under 3	3.29	—	—

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. GPA is each group's mean weighted, capped high-school GPA for 10th/11th-grade college-preparatory courses. SchoolScope leaves GPA unavailable when several CEEB codes contribute rather than combining their means. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here. Complete, matching counts can support a historical descriptive rate, but do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances. Series shown from 2016.

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately

Campus	Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled
Berkeley	2025	5	under 3	under 3
Berkeley	2024	9	under 3	under 3
Berkeley	2023	7	under 3	under 3
Berkeley	2022	11	under 3	under 3
Davis	2025	5	under 3	under 3
Davis	2024	5	under 3	under 3
Irvine	2025	9	under 3	under 3
Irvine	2024	9	under 3	under 3
Irvine	2023	7	under 3	under 3
Irvine	2022	7	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2025	8	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2024	10	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2023	5	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2022	14	under 3	under 3
Merced	2025	5	5	under 3
Merced	2024	5	5	under 3
Riverside	2025	7	7	under 3
Riverside	2024	5	under 3	under 3
Riverside	2023	5	3	under 3
Riverside	2022	5	under 3	under 3
San Diego	2025	13	under 3	under 3
San Diego	2024	13	5	3
San Diego	2023	10	under 3	under 3
San Diego	2022	13	3	under 3
San Diego	2021	6	under 3	under 3
Santa Barbara	2025	6	4	under 3
Santa Barbara	2022	6	5	3
Santa Cruz	2024	5	under 3	under 3
Santa Cruz	2023	7	4	under 3
Santa Cruz	2021	5	3	under 3
Universitywide	2025	14	7	under 3
Universitywide	2024	14	11	4
Universitywide	2023	11	6	3
Universitywide	2022	15	9	4
Universitywide	2021	11	7	3

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. Campus totals are not interchangeable with Universitywide; students can apply to several campuses. Universitywide is separately reported; never derive it by adding campus rows. Universitywide applicant and admit counts are unduplicated. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations

Subject	Authorization recorded for
Biology	this school
Calculus AB	this school
English Language and Composition	this school
English Literature and Composition	this school
Environmental Science	this school
Human Geography	this school
U.S. Government and Politics	this school
United States History	this school
World History: Modern	this school
Calculus AB	online provider (Edgenuity)
English Language and Composition	online provider (Edgenuity)
English Literature and Composition	online provider (Edgenuity)
Environmental Science	online provider (Edgenuity)
Human Geography	online provider (Edgenuity)
Psychology	online provider (Edgenuity)
U.S. Government and Politics	online provider (Edgenuity)
United States History	online provider (Edgenuity)
World History: Modern	online provider (Edgenuity)

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot

Measure	This school
AP offered	offered
AP course count	10
AP enrollment (male/female)	12
IB participation	not reported
Dual enrollment	offered · 21 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8	offered
Calculus sections	2
Physics sections	17
Chemistry sections	20
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)	1,428

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation

Destination	Completers	% (derived)
University of California	3	1%
California State University	6	1%
California community college	105	27%
In-state private	7	2%
Out-of-state, 4-year	4	1%
Out-of-state, 2-year	1	0%
Not enrolled	265	68%

391 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 32% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows above.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$15,976 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 97,968 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

District current expense · FY 2024–25$21,967 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation

Instruction 63%Instruction support 12%Student services 12%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 7%Other 1%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$1,223,482,460	63.42%	63%
Instruction support	$225,845,212	11.71%	12%
Student services	$233,097,572	12.08%	12%
Administration	$95,033,783	4.93%	5%
Buildings & maintenance	$141,086,586	7.31%	7%
Other	$10,769,286	0.56%	1%
Total	$1,929,314,899	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $1,929,314,899 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$15,976 per pupil

2020$14,540 per pupil

2019$14,457 per pupil

2018$11,416 per pupil

2017$11,708 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92121 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92121 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$135,938
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	74%
ZIP-area population	3,974
Median age	32.7 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 92121 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2024–25 results, compared across 98 alternative high schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · UC fall first-year source records — UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; the all-campus total is reported separately · AP courses the College Board approved, 2025–26 (approved to teach, not enrollment) · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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How often do students miss school or get suspended?

How do kids like mine do here?

What could my child study here?

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

What does its own plan pay for?

What should I ask on a visit?

How does Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego compare with California alternative schools?

English

Math

How does math compare with English?

Have results changed?

English · top two levels · grade 11

Math · top two levels · grade 11

Each year’s results and tested counts

Who can act on Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego’s results?

What has the state flagged?

Where is its yearly plan?

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

Graduated in four years

Ready for college or career (state measure)

Finished the UC/CSU course list

Where students who finished high school went

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

Math & Computer Science 1

Sciences 2

English 2

History & Social Science 4

9 authorizations through outside providers

What other courses and pathways are on record?

University of California

Each fall since 2016

California State University

Each fall since 2021

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

Chronically absent, 2025–26

Suspensions, 2025–26

How do kids like mine do here?

Who are the students?

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

Who are the families and teachers?

What does Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego’s own plan commit to?

The 2026–27 plan in short

Where the money goes

Reading, math and catch-up help

For high-need students

What changed

What its goals measure

Where does the money go?

Every goal, in the plan’s order

How do I get in?

Before you apply

Location and visiting

Questions for your visit

Source records

Scope Score

Per-pupil spending

Additional workforce records

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