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College and Career Preparatory AcademyCharterFountain Valley, CAGrades 9-12168 students

College and Career Preparatory Academy: We publish no Scope Score for this school this year.

College and Career Preparatory Academy is a high school in Fountain Valley. We publish no Scope Score, band or rank for it this year — the composite they are all built from isn't on file. Here's what we can show.

Charter school — publicly funded, independently operated. Enrollment terms vary by charter — ask this school how it enrolls. Learn more

alternative school

no score · no band · no rank — we publish no scored record this year

168 students · enrolled through a program-specific placement, application, or referral process

SchoolScope has no scored record for this school, so there is nothing here to rank either way. Why we withhold a score →

College and Career Preparatory Academy is an alternative school in Fountain Valley, California. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025. Students are enrolled through a placement, application, or referral process specific to the program.

A missing score is not a judgment, and it is not a claim about what the state published. It means the composite a Scope Score, band and rank are all built from isn't on file for this school this year — the honest move is to say so, and to show whatever results are on file rather than guess at a number.

Worth a school visit

With no score to read, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.
2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Where the class of 2023 went
19%enrolled in college within a year
  • California community college19 (18%)
  • In-state private1 (1%)
  • Not enrolled84 (81%)

CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate, class of 2023 · % = count ÷ completers, our arithmetic

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 24 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher24 · district 23
Teaching staff8 teachers
Avg. experience24.3 years
Fully credentialed80%
PrincipalFatinah Judeh
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$52,803 – $136,867
Principal salary$176,650 – $176,650
Superintendent salary$336,600

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course breadth
CTE pathway completers2 students
What gets spent · FY 2019–20

It spends $44,874 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.

$3,939 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $44,874, CA average $14,491$44,874 · spent at this school
Federal share$3,939 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 26%Instruction support 46%Student services 8%Administration 14%Buildings & maintenance 5%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$70,768 per pupil
2019$67,286 per pupil
2018$61,708 per pupil
2017$32,576 per pupil
2016$30,374 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Who is enrolled

Nearly all of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 168 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).

On the state's science test (CAST), 18% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino87.5% · district 48.6% · CA 56.1%
White7.7% · district 22.7% · CA 19.9%
Black1.2% · district 2.7% · CA 4.8%
Other3.6% · district 10.0% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch96.4% · CA 64%
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Data source: California Department of Education. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025 — enrollment, staffing, and finance figures above are CDE's own current data. Data updated 2026-09-18.methodology · data updates · report issue

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