North Coastal Consortium Schools

North Coastal Consortium Schools is a small, alternative public school serving grades K-12 in San Marcos, CA, with an enrollment of just 50 students. Operated by the San Diego County Office of Education, the school has struggled to provide a high-quality education to its students, as evidenced by its low graduation rates, high dropout rates, and poor academic performance compared to nearby Coastal Academy Charter and other charter schools in the area.

Over the past few years, North Coastal Consortium Schools has seen significant variability in its key performance metrics, with graduation rates ranging from 15.4% to 86.4% and dropout rates as high as 30.8%. In contrast, the nearby charter schools have maintained consistently higher graduation rates around 86.4% and lower dropout rates around 8.9%. Additionally, North Coastal Consortium Schools has struggled with high chronic absenteeism, ranging from 13.8% to 40%, compared to the 20.4% rate at the nearby charter schools.

Despite the high per-student spending at North Coastal Consortium Schools, which ranges from $56,828 to $125,341 per year, the school's academic outcomes remain poor. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 26.67% of students were proficient in English Language Arts, and just 6.67% were proficient in Mathematics, significantly lower than the state averages of 48.81% and 37.3%, respectively. The school's low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 6.5 to 7.8, suggests that the challenges may lie in effectively addressing the unique needs of the student population, which appears to be struggling with higher rates of absenteeism and dropout.