Summary:
Altus Schools North County District has one school in this list: Altus Schools North County, serving grades 6–12 with 149 students. Its 2025–26 results were below California’s in all three tested subjects, with the largest concerns in mathematics and science: the school scored 7% in math versus 38% statewide, and 8% in science versus 36% statewide, gaps of 32 and 28 points.
There are no peer schools in the list, so Altus Schools North County is technically both the highest- and lowest-performing school, but neither label offers a meaningful comparison. ELA is its strongest subject relative to its other results: 39% compared with 7% in math and 8% in science, though it still trails the state’s 49% by 10 points. Completion and attendance measures are mixed: graduation was 66% versus 88% statewide, dropout was 7% versus 8%, and chronic absenteeism was 21% versus 18%.
Results diverged over time: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA rose from 35% to 39%, while math fell from 10% to 7% and science from 20% to 8%. The school’s simple average across the three subjects declined from 22% to 18%, while the state average rose from 40% to 41%; the average gap widened from 18 to 23 points. SchoolDigger gave the school 1 star and ranked it 1,702 of 2,137 schools, in the 20th percentile, for 2025–26; its percentile had risen from 34th to 46th the prior year before falling 26 points. For context, in 2024–25 the school reported a student–teacher ratio of 30.1 and 77% of students free/reduced lunch eligible. The list includes only one school, so it cannot show how the school compares with similar schools.
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