Cabrillo Point Academy

Cabrillo Point Academy operates as a large K-12 campus in Poway, California, run under Cabrillo Point Academy District. Current enrollment sits at 5,706 students spanning grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 848% bigger than typical.

Cabrillo Point Academy is a school of Cabrillo Point Academy District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Cabrillo Point Academy logs that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with San Diego County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Cabrillo Point Academy has 179 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 31.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for San Diego County put median household earnings sit near $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Cabrillo Point Academy is one campus in the mix.

Pacific Coast Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cabrillo Point Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. As a public charter, Cabrillo Point Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school. Cabrillo Point Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.