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Enrollment
765
High
DISTRICT 1,265 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESCONDIDO UNION HIGH·NCES 061291013061
Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science
1740 Scenic Trail Way, Escondido, CA 92029 · (760) 291-2500 · San Diego County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL765 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of California public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
26.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
557 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 203 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 197 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 183 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 182 | 24% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
73.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.8pp since 2014
Math
34.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.3% | 36.9% | 20.7% | 6.2% |
| Math | 12.8% | 21.2% | 27.9% | 38.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.2% | 34.1% |
| 2023-24 | 70.3% | 28.5% |
| 2022-23 | 67.4% | 28.6% |
| 2021-22 | 69.8% | 28.5% |
| 2020-21 | 76.2% | 35.3% |
| 2018-19 | 80.8% | 43.5% |
| 2017-18 | 77.2% | 40.8% |
| 2016-17 | 83.9% | 48.3% |
| 2015-16 | 85.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 81.0% | 38.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science
Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science this school | 765 | 72.8% | 51.5% |
| Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences Granada Hills | 757 | 72.4% | 43.4% |
| Live Oak High Live Oak | 603 | 71.5% | 40.7% |
| Central High Fresno | 625 | 74.9% | 40.3% |
| Concord High Concord | 1,137 | 69.6% | 30.4% |
| Visalia Charter Independent Study Visalia | 515 | 70.3% | 30.3% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #298 of 1,052 | #27 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #364 of 1,056 ▲ 35 | #30 of 70 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #190 of 1,056 ▲ 43 | #20 of 70 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #372 of 1,044 | #30 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 765 | #848 of 2,093 | #72 of 135 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.7:1 | #1,302 of 1,352 | #92 of 96 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #672 of 1,351 | #67 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.8% | #806 of 1,575 | #46 of 112 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #731 of 802 | #53 of 57 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
765
-25 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
26.7:1
was 24.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 765 | 28.6 | 26.7:1 | 73% (557) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 30.6 | 24.8:1 | 69% (522) |
| 2022-23 | 777 | 31.4 | 24.8:1 | 70% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 790 | 32 | 24.7:1 | 62% (490) |
| 2017-18 | 783 | 31.5 | 24.9:1 | 52% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 28 | 24.4:1 | 54% (365) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (783 to 765); teachers down 9% (31.5 to 28.6).
About Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science
Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science sits in Escondido, California, and is classified as a high school. In all, 765 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12.
The 5 schools in Escondido Union High enroll 6,324 students altogether, Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science among them.
The share of Hispanic students at Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science is 67%, a majority. It is also 19% White, 10% Asian, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of San Diego County is roughly 35% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
Its staff includes 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 26.7 students per teacher. Across high schools in California, the average ratio is 18.2:1. Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 73%. That is 19 points above the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 85% of California public high schools.
A school in California with Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 36.9%. Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science scores 51.5%.
In San Diego County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science, San Diego County has 766 public schools.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences, is the closest to Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science. Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 51.5% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 765 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 790. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.7:1 to 26.7:1.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Del Dios Academy of Arts and Sciences0.8 mi · 788
- Limitless Learning Academy0.8 mi · 119
- Motivated Youth Academy1.0 mi · 251
- Bernardo Elementary1.2 mi · 664
- Felicita Elementary1.3 mi · 478
- Miller Elementary1.4 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied ScienceHow many students attend Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science?
Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science enrolls approximately 765 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science serve?
Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science?
Approximately 26.7:1 students per teacher at Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science.
How diverse is Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science?
Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science reports a student body of 19% White, 67% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science public or private?
Del Lago Academy - Campus of Applied Science is a public K-12 school, overseen by Escondido Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.