Downtown College Preparatory

Downtown College Preparatory is a senior high of close-knit scale in San Jose, California, one of the schools within Downtown College Preparatory District, teacheing 520 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Downtown College Preparatory sits 38% below that benchmark.

Operationally, Downtown College Preparatory answers to Downtown College Preparatory District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Downtown College Preparatory lists that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) shows that median household earnings sit near $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Downtown College Preparatory is one.

Downtown College Preparatory Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Downtown College Preparatory.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Downtown College Preparatory is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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