Launch Virtual Academy: 45% of kids clear the bar — ahead of the state's 36%. But two-thirds miss a month of school or more.
Launch Virtual Academy's strongest signal is real. Attendance is the number to ask about — and both belong on the same page.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37 | 19% | 45% | 75.5% | 16.1% | 73.8% | 0.5% |
| CA average · High School | 44 | 16% | 36% | 87.6% | 35.4% | 30.2% | 3.6% |
Launch Virtual Academy scores 37 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 32nd 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 “45% proficient” and call it done. Launch Virtual Academy deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Diego, where more than half of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Launch Virtual Academy's low-income kids hit 49.5% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 32nd percentile since 2022.
| Grade | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 71% | 65% | 56% | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 48% | 50% | 41% | 40% |
| Grade 11 | 44% | 57% | 51% | 58% |
| Grade | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 50% | 33% | 41% | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 25% | 26% | 23% | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 12% | 31% | 43% | 32% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 35.7% statewide.
of students miss a month or more of school, versus 30.2% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — the data can't say why.
Of 100 students here: 45 are proficient by 11th grade → 76 graduate → 16 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.
Launch Virtual Academy's most underrated number
49.5% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 7 things our score weighs
Ask how the school tracks and follows up on attendance. High absence often reflects community stress, not classroom quality — a visit will tell you which.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- 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.
How every group of students does here
At Launch Virtual Academy in San Diego, 49.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 42.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Launch Virtual Academy outperforms its district average for low-income students by 7.3 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (28.8% Math proficient); Hispanic students (51.2% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 20.9 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 88 students tested.
9 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
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
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.
$433 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 578 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).
On the state's science test (CAST), 27% 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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Your other options
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 19 | 21% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 47% | −0 |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 9% | 32% | 21% | 38% | 40% | −6 |
| Grade 11 | 96 | 23% | 35% | 28% | 14% | 58% | +11 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 16 | 31% | 6% | 13% | 50% | 38% | +4 |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 7% | 12% | 19% | 62% | 19% | −13 |
| Grade 11 | 94 | 16% | 16% | 26% | 43% | 32% | +9 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 227 | 5% | 22% | 61% | 12% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 88 | 49.5% | +7 | +11 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 124 | 51.2% | +7 | +12 |
| English Learners | 16 | 28.6% | +20 | +18 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch Virtual Academy ← | — | 37 | 19.4% | 45.1% | — | 0.5% |
| Castle Park Senior High | 2.8 mi | 52 | 13.5% | 36.8% | — | 4.7% |
| Montgomery Senior High | 1.1 mi | 52 | 14.3% | 37.6% | — | 3.4% |
| Southwest Senior High | 0.6 mi | 50 | 9.6% | 32.8% | — | 5.9% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31 | 25 | #1568 | 10.5% | 27.9% | 62.8% | 0.4% | — |
| 2023 | 36 | 34 | #1415 | 17.8% | 44.0% | 57.0% | 0.4% | — |
| 2024 | 34 | 31 | #1482 | 10.1% | 46.8% | 58.1% | 1.0% | — |
| 2025 | 37 | 32 | #1460 | 19.4% | 45.1% | 73.8% | 0.5% | — |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | — | 80.1% | — |
| Male | — | 81.1% | — |
| Black/African American | — | 79.5% | — |
| White | — | 78.1% | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | — | 82.0% | — |
| Two or More Races | — | 68.8% | — |
| Students with Disabilities | — | 80.8% | — |
| English Learners | — | 87.4% | — |
| Homeless | — | 79.2% | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | — | 83.7% | — |
| All Students | — | 80.5% | — |
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