Carlsbad Village Academy: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.
Carlsbad Village Academy posts 36% meeting the standard against 36% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32 | 11% | 36% | 81.3% | 0.0% | 50.5% | 5.7% |
| CA average · High School | 44 | 16% | 36% | 87.6% | 35.4% | 30.2% | 3.6% |
Carlsbad Village Academy scores 32 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 26th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “36% proficient” and call it done. Carlsbad Village Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in Carlsbad, where three in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 26th percentile since 2019.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 36% of students meet the standard today, above the 16% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 31% | 39% | 58% | 37% | 61% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 0% | 4% | 12% | 0% | 12% |
The story this school is actually telling
Of 100 students here: 36 are proficient by 11th grade → 81 graduate → 0 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask what share of students complete the full college-prep course sequence, and who gets steered into it.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$1,367 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 38 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).
On the state's science test (CAST), 5% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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How does Carlsbad Village Academy compare to other schools in Carlsbad?
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 72
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 45
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 18 | 22% | 39% | 17% | 22% | 61% | +14 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 17 | 0% | 12% | 6% | 82% | 12% | −12 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 22 | 0% | 5% | 86% | 9% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsbad Village Academy ← | — | 32 | 11.1% | 36.4% | — | 5.7% |
| Carlsbad High | 0 mi | 63 | 34.9% | 63.0% | — | 1.9% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 26 | 19 | #1662 | 3.5% | 15.5% | 49.2% | 8.5% | — |
| 2022 | 25 | 16 | #1760 | 0.0% | 21.1% | 64.0% | 5.1% | — |
| 2023 | 30 | 25 | #1624 | 11.5% | 34.6% | 63.8% | 8.4% | — |
| 2024 | 29 | 22 | #1674 | 10.5% | 18.4% | 53.8% | 3.8% | — |
| 2025 | 32 | 26 | #1608 | 11.1% | 36.4% | 50.5% | 5.7% | — |
- — Subgroup results are suppressed for small student counts (fewer than 15 tested), following CDE privacy rules.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 61.5% | 68.8% | +7.3pp |
| Male | 60.7% | 62.1% | +1.4pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 58.2% | 62.9% | +4.7pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 55.2% | 57.1% | +1.9pp |
| English Learners | 58.3% | — | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 61.8% | 63.8% | +2.0pp |
| All Students | 61.0% | 66.7% | +5.7pp |
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