# Downtown College Preparatory

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/downtown-college-preparatory-san-jose

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060159708632`
- **School name**: Downtown College Preparatory
- **Location**: San Jose, CA 95110
- **Address**: 1402 Monterey Hwy.
- **District**: Downtown College Preparatory District (LEAID `0601597`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: High
- **Grade range**: 9–12
- **Charter school**: Yes
- **Coordinates**: 37.31614, -121.87308
- **Phone**: (408)271-8120

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 520
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 28
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 18.6:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 78.8%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Red
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Yellow
  - math: Red
  - college_career: Red
  - ela: Red
  - graduation: Yellow

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 51.0% proficient — 124 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient

## Graduation rates
- **2024**: 96.0% (cohort of 100)
- **2021**: 87.0% (cohort of 136)

## Attendance
- **2020**: chronic absence 17.1% (94 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 1.5%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 94.5%
- **Black/African American**: 0.5%
- **Asian**: 1.5%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 1.6%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.2%
- **Two or more races**: 0.2%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 81.3%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 20.0% — 92 students
- **English Learners**: 40.1% — 184 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Advanced Placement (AP)

## Finance
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $16,094,643
- **Federal share**: 11.1%
- **State share**: 28.7%
- **Local share**: 60.1%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $6,557,143

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $48,750
- **Poverty rate**: 13.4%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 20.5%
- **Unemployment**: 6.0%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,125
- **Foreign-born residents**: 58.2%
- **Single-parent households**: 18.1%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 0.5 miles (LORENTZ BARREL DRUM CO)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 5
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 61
- **Nearest brownfield**: 0.54 miles (950 SOUTH THIRD STREET)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: SAN JOSE WATER
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 2
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Most recent violation**: 2023-06-01

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 7.386 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 2.0 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### ela proficiency
- **Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary** — 1.2 mi away, 69.2% (this school: 35.5%)
- **Rocketship Mosaic Elementary** — 1.3 mi away, 36.65% (this school: 35.5%)
- **Shirakawa (George Sr.) Elementary** — 1.3 mi away, 41.75% (this school: 35.5%)
- **Alpha: Cornerstone Academy Preparatory** — 1.3 mi away, 38.45% (this school: 35.5%)
- **Luis Valdez Leadership Academy** — 1.4 mi away, 38.9% (this school: 35.5%)

### graduation rate
- **University Preparatory Academy Charter** — 1.7 mi away, 98% (this school: 96%)
- **Apollo High** — 2.6 mi away, 97.2% (this school: 96%)
- **KIPP San Jose Collegiate** — 3.7 mi away, 99.2% (this school: 96%)
- **Latino College Preparatory Academy** — 4.3 mi away, 99% (this school: 96%)
- **Pioneer High** — 4.8 mi away, 97% (this school: 96%)

### math proficiency
- **Rocketship Alma Academy** — 0.3 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary** — 0.8 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary** — 1.2 mi away, 80% (this school: 20%)
- **Shirakawa (George Sr.) Elementary** — 1.3 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **College Connection Academy** — 1.4 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/downtown-college-preparatory-san-jose
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/downtown-college-preparatory-san-jose/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/downtown-college-preparatory-san-jose/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/downtown-college-preparatory-san-jose/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/downtown-college-preparatory-san-jose/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/downtown-college-preparatory-san-jose/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/downtown-college-preparatory-san-jose/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/downtown-college-preparatory-san-jose/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/downtown-college-preparatory-san-jose/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/downtown-college-preparatory-san-jose/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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