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Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock

Public, Charter Grades 6-12

Summary

Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock is a small public charter high school serving about 200 students in grades 6-12 in San Jose, operating as its own district and serving a community with significant economic need.

Academically, the school is in the middle of the pack compared to its neighbors. Its test scores in English, math, and science are below the state average, and its statewide ranking has declined in recent years. However, it performs significantly better than some nearby schools like Foothill High and Pegasus High, while trailing behind higher-performing schools like KIPP San Jose Collegiate and Independence High. The school spends more per student than most area schools, but this hasn't translated to top-tier results, raising questions about how those resources are used.

The school's 85% graduation rate is close to the state average, and its chronic absenteeism, while higher than the state, is much better than several schools in the area with severe attendance issues. A key point for parents is the stark contrast with KIPP San Jose Collegiate, located less than a quarter-mile away, which serves a similar student population but achieves exceptional results, suggesting that factors beyond demographics are at play. For families, DCP Alum Rock represents one of several educational options in a concentrated area with wildly varying outcomes.

202

Students ?

17.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$23,405

Per pupil spending ?

77.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1776 Educational Park Dr.
San Jose, CA 95133-1703

(408) 942-7000

District: Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

92.6%

Asian:

6.4%

African American:

0.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 35th percentile in 2021 → 42nd in 2024

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 42nd (2024) from a 35th-percentile low (2021)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (21% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Dropout rate above the California average (15% vs 9%)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school21%

California avg41%

2,194^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 21%▼ down 7 pts since 2019

From bottom 28% (2019) to bottom 21% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.8	2194 of 2761	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	2430 of 2783	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.7	2381 of 2781	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.2	1983 of 2740	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.2	706 of 894	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.1	1957 of 2715	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	24.8	1270 of 1531	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.6	318 of 354	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	31.1	1165 of 1478	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.8	1080 of 1521	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	36.0	930 of 1540	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.3	220 of 363	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.0	1123 of 1442	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.3	2285 of 2533	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.6	2343 of 2551	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.1	2295 of 2531	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.4	1861 of 2509	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.1	591 of 738	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.2	1752 of 2380	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.0	1909 of 2395	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.8	2125 of 2388	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.8	2158 of 2374	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	28.9	1667 of 2359	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.5	1461 of 2213	34.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.3	1901 of 2542	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.8	2329 of 2579	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	2256 of 2531	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.3	1609 of 2458	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.4	541 of 721	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.4	1749 of 2369	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.8	1798 of 2534	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.0	2129 of 2552	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.5	2019 of 2538	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.6	1786 of 2527	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.0	593 of 763	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.3	1783 of 2407	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.6	920 of 1566	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.2	1051 of 1552	32.3%	★★☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	39.3	1259 of 2159	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	51.2	954 of 2170	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.3	948 of 2123	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	35.4	834 of 1290	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	65.0	637 of 2133	70.1%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	45.0	438 of 1064	58.8%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	26.2	1419 of 1915	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	47.0	960 of 1915	49.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	45.0	931 of 1858	49.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.5	711 of 1054	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	55.1	733 of 1833	60.0%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	45.3	1020 of 1902	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	54.9	794 of 1917	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.0	835 of 1861	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	70.6	423 of 1814	76.7%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	36.7	1298 of 2026	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.4	1097 of 2030	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.5	1003 of 1943	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	40.9	694 of 1126	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	78.2	329 of 1937	83.0%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	47.8	927 of 1948	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.6	900 of 1963	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.2	867 of 1916	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	32.9	758 of 1122	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	68.0	517 of 1880	72.5%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Middle school

Special Education (2025)41st percentile+21 vs school

Male (2025)29th percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)25th percentile+5 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)21st percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)20th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)17th percentile-11 vs school

Female (2025)10th percentile-11 vs school

High school

English Language Learner (2023)59th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2024)52nd percentile+11 vs school

Hispanic (2024)46th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)36th percentile-6 vs school

Female (2024)26th percentile-16 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy30%-18 vs state

Mathematics17%-20 vs state

Science9%-23 vs state

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock	Public, Charter	6-12	1776 Educational Park Dr.	San Jose	95133	Santa Clara County	Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 942-7000	202	11	17.9	77.7%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	187 (92.6%)	13 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)								(n/a)	9.3				9.3	32.1	34.0	26.1		30.3	17.5	26.8	9.5		17.1	$23,405	$1,767	$21,638
Pegasus High	Public	11-12	1776 Educational Park Dr.	San Jose	95133	Santa Clara County	East Side Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-5440	128	6	20.9	64.8%	2 (1.6%)	2 (1.6%)	109 (85.2%)	10 (7.8%)	1 (0.8%)	3 (2.3%)	1 (0.8%)	11.3	1947^th of 2162 public high schools	9.9%		15.7	1798^th of 2159 public high schools	16.7%	149			3.0		3.0				16.1	16.1				2.9	2.9	$15,937	$575	$15,362
ACE Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	1776 Educational Park Dr.	San Jose	95133	Santa Clara County	ACE Charter High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 251-1362	313	16	19.0	89.8%	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.6%)	303 (96.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	34.2	1396^th of 2162 public high schools	35.4%		23.5	1611^th of 2159 public high schools	25.4%	215			13.9		15.7				41.8	41.8				18.2	18.2	$18,035	$993	$17,042
Independence High	Public	9-12	617 North Jackson Ave.	San Jose	95133	Santa Clara County	East Side Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-9500	2,289	103	22.1	47.0%	70 (3.1%)	40 (1.7%)	903 (39.4%)	1,187 (51.9%)	5 (0.2%)	21 (0.9%)	62 (2.7%)	72.5	550^th of 2162 public high schools	74.6%		76	470^th of 2159 public high schools	78.2%	80			43.8		43.7				62.5	62.5				31.0	31.0	$18,397	$1,065	$17,332
KIPP San Jose Collegiate	Public, Charter	9-12	1790 Educational Park Dr.	San Jose	95133	Santa Clara County	KIPP San Jose Collegiate District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 937-3752	512	32	15.9	70.9%	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	345 (67.4%)	158 (30.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	92.1	163^rd of 2162 public high schools	92.5%		90.7	205^th of 2159 public high schools	90.5%	42		48.9		20.0	43.9				83.1	83.1				64.1	64.1	$35,224	$912	$34,312
Foothill High	Public	11-12	230 Pala Ave.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	East Side Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 928-9100	268	17	16.1	76.5%	4 (1.5%)	4 (1.5%)	244 (91.0%)	11 (4.1%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	8.8	2077^th of 2162 public high schools	3.9%		14.2	1841^st of 2159 public high schools	14.7%	236			3.0	0.0	2.1				4.4	4.4				0.0	0.0	$22,860	$2,339	$20,521
San Jose High	Public	9-12	275 North 24th St.	San Jose	95116	Santa Clara County	San Jose Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 535-6320	874	47	18.6	69.9%	28 (3.2%)	8 (0.9%)	746 (85.4%)	71 (8.1%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	15 (1.7%)	42.9	1190^th of 2162 public high schools	45.0%		30.1	1485^th of 2159 public high schools	31.2%	295			21.0	30.0	24.6				42.8	42.8				16.4	16.4	$21,364	$674	$20,690
Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers Family Learning	Public, Charter	9-12	149 North White Rd.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	Escuela Popular/Center for TRN and CARs FAM Learning Distri	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 275-7191	658	23	28.1		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	654 (99.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)								(n/a)				15.4	15.4											$16,235	$347	$15,888
James Lick High	Public	9-12	57 North White Rd.	San Jose	95127	Santa Clara County	East Side Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 347-4400	862	44	19.6	65.8%	24 (2.8%)	13 (1.5%)	722 (83.8%)	89 (10.3%)	3 (0.3%)	7 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	24.2	1608^th of 2162 public high schools	25.6%		46.2	1094^th of 2159 public high schools	49.3%	514			9.3		9.4				38.5	38.5				7.9	7.9	$22,984	$1,678	$21,306
San Jose Conservation Corps Charter	Public, Charter	12	1560 Berger Dr.	San Jose	95112	Santa Clara County	San Jose Conservation Corps Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 459-6404	158	7	23.7	75.3%	5 (3.2%)	4 (2.5%)	140 (88.6%)	5 (3.2%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.3%)								(n/a)				6.9	6.9											$19,248	$1,456	$17,792

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Students at Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock are 93% Hispanic, 6% Asian.

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In the 2024-25 school year, 202 students attended Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock.

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