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Wonderful College Prep Academy

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Wonderful College Prep Academy ranks 3188 th of 5857 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12

3188^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Alternative Schools

Better than 46% of California alternative schools

Summary

Wonderful College Prep Academy is a K-12 alternative school in Delano, CA, serving 1,845 students with a strong focus on college preparation and a high level of investment in its student body.

The school's most outstanding achievement is its exceptional graduation rate, which was 98.6% for the 2023-2024 school year, far surpassing nearby schools like California Online Public Schools Central Valley (68.8%) and the McFarland Unified school McFarland Independent (88.2%). This success in keeping students engaged is also reflected in a low chronic absenteeism rate of 17.6%, which is better than the state average and dramatically lower than some local alternatives. The school's per-student spending has risen significantly to $24,100, indicating a major commitment of resources to support these positive outcomes.

While the school excels at graduation and retention, academic proficiency shows a mixed picture. Eleventh graders perform very well in English Language Arts, exceeding the state average, but math and science scores are generally at or below state averages, with middle school math being a particular area for growth. This creates an interesting profile of a school that is remarkably effective at helping students complete their education and prepare for college, even as it works to elevate standardized test scores across all subjects.

1,845

Students ?

20.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

84.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2070 Veneto St.
Delano, CA 93215-1527

(661) 721-2887

District: Wonderful College Prep Academy District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

92.7%

Asian:

4.2%

White:

2.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 60th percentile in 2022 → 62nd in 2025

Strengths

✓99% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (86%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (33% vs 41% meeting standards)

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

!Speaking scores 27 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school33%

California avg41%

Elementary school

3,188^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 46%▼ down 3 pts since 2019

From bottom 49% (2019) to bottom 46% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,616^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 41%▼ down 3 pts since 2019

From bottom 45% (2019) to bottom 41% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

819^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 38%▼ down 7 pts since 2019

From top 31% (2019) to top 38% (2025)

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★★★★★

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

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.4	3188 of 5857	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.4	2964 of 5869	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.7	3449 of 5859	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.2	3282 of 5883	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	40.8	766 of 1417	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.5	2976 of 5789	48.6%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	33.4	1335 of 2227	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	47.8	113 of 293	61.4%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	63.6	591 of 3162	81.3%	★★★★☆
2023	59.6	794 of 3245	75.5%	★★★★☆
2022	57.5	868 of 3311	73.8%	★★★★☆
2021	54.7	161 of 602	73.3%	★★★★☆
2019	68.1	585 of 3275	82.1%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.3	3073 of 5597	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.2	2786 of 5612	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.3	3125 of 5609	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.7	3010 of 5635	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.4	707 of 1267	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.6	3067 of 5492	44.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.2	2143 of 5107	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	57.5	1817 of 5107	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.2	2404 of 5087	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.6	2232 of 5084	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.2	1741 of 4963	64.9%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	49.2	2484 of 5460	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.7	2350 of 5517	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	45.9	2634 of 5363	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.0	2538 of 5264	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	61.6	343 of 1110	69.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.7	1919 of 5173	62.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.3	3096 of 5628	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.2	2921 of 5643	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.5	3507 of 5638	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.9	3387 of 5663	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	42.0	675 of 1272	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.7	2694 of 5510	51.1%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	21.6	2495 of 2847	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.1	1934 of 2635	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.4	1495 of 2420	38.2%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.0	1616 of 2761	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.9	1377 of 2783	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.7	1173 of 2781	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.6	1267 of 2740	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	36.0	547 of 894	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.6	1498 of 2715	44.8%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	45.5	634 of 1491	57.5%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	45.9	544 of 1478	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.3	277 of 1521	81.8%	★★★★☆
2022	52.8	406 of 1540	73.6%	★★★★☆
2021	53.6	89 of 363	75.5%	★★★★☆
2019	65.9	237 of 1442	83.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.5	1449 of 2533	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.0	1258 of 2551	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.9	1079 of 2531	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.0	1109 of 2509	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	35.5	452 of 738	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.3	1358 of 2380	42.9%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	43.8	1218 of 2395	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	53.0	915 of 2388	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.5	591 of 2374	75.1%	★★★★☆
2022	61.5	691 of 2359	70.7%	★★★★☆
2019	49.3	960 of 2213	56.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	39.6	1424 of 2542	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.9	1114 of 2579	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.5	733 of 2531	71.0%	★★★★☆
2022	59.2	755 of 2458	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	46.5	335 of 721	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.9	1020 of 2369	56.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.0	1567 of 2534	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.6	1296 of 2552	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.1	1088 of 2538	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.0	1216 of 2527	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	36.8	445 of 763	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.4	1397 of 2407	42.0%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.1	1205 of 1566	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.1	888 of 1552	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.5	646 of 1531	57.8%	★★★☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	60.1	819 of 2162	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	73.4	515 of 2159	76.1%	★★★★☆
2023	76.0	475 of 2170	78.1%	★★★★☆
2022	54.2	844 of 2123	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	60.6	463 of 1290	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	64.0	655 of 2133	69.3%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	40.3	570 of 1161	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	22.7	479 of 555	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	65.1	149 of 1085	86.3%	★★★★☆
2023	63.4	179 of 1064	83.2%	★★★★☆
2022	49.8	330 of 1044	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.6	135 of 467	71.1%	★★★★☆
2019	82.8	59 of 941	93.7%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.6	762 of 1906	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	74.0	446 of 1915	76.7%	★★★★☆
2023	71.5	482 of 1915	74.8%	★★★★☆
2022	44.8	936 of 1858	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	58.4	411 of 1054	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	53.7	765 of 1833	58.3%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.1	528 of 1900	72.2%	★★★★☆
2024	81.6	274 of 1902	85.6%	★★★★☆
2023	85.4	220 of 1917	88.5%	★★★★☆
2022	65.3	521 of 1861	72.0%	★★★★☆
2019	69.6	439 of 1814	75.8%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	65.2	632 of 2013	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	80.9	315 of 2026	84.5%	★★★★☆
2023	84.3	267 of 2030	86.8%	★★★★☆
2022	67.2	494 of 1943	74.6%	★★★★☆
2021	69.1	293 of 1126	74.0%	★★★★☆
2019	69.9	466 of 1937	75.9%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.9	728 of 1942	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.3	560 of 1948	71.3%	★★★★☆
2023	76.2	419 of 1963	78.7%	★★★★☆
2022	59.5	651 of 1916	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	53.1	476 of 1122	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	67.7	525 of 1880	72.1%	★★★★☆

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)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2024)81st percentile+32 vs school

Hispanic (2025)58th percentile+12 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)55th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)45th percentile~ school

Male (2025)45th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)40th percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2025)12th percentile-33 vs school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2024)63rd percentile+13 vs school

Disabled (2019)57th percentile+13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)49th percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)44th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)43rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)38th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)23rd percentile-18 vs school

High school

English Language Learner (2024)86th percentile+10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)72nd percentile+10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)69th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)63rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)60th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)51st percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Overall100%+90 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy48%~ state avg

Mathematics27%-10 vs state

Science21%-12 vs state

Speaking9%-27 vs state

Listening4%-22 vs state

Writing2%-15 vs state

Reading0%-8 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)		CSA Spanish Listening (2025)		CSA Spanish Writing (2025)		CSA Spanish Reading (2025)		CSA Spanish Speaking (2025)	CAST Science (2025)						Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)								% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 9th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CSA Spanish Speaking 9th Grade	CAST Science 5th Grade	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 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	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 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	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	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wonderful College Prep Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2070 Veneto St.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Wonderful College Prep Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 721-2887	1,845	90	20.4	84.3%	45 (2.4%)	8 (0.4%)	1,711 (92.7%)	77 (4.2%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)								(n/a)	1.5	1.5	3.6	3.6	2.4	2.4	0.0	0.0	9.4	26.4	18.1	27.9		9.7	20.7	43.3	43.6	43.8	48.3	39.3	43.4	76.8	48.2	40.2	23.5	27.0	25.5	26.2	15.5	31.9	26.9
McFarland Independent	Public, Alternative	K-12	599 Fifth St.	Mc Farland	93250	Kern County	McFarland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 792-6312	23	2	12.0	87.0%	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.3%)	21 (91.3%)	1 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																																						$25,915	$24,160	$1,755
California Online Public Schools Central Valley	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5313 Road 39	Alpaugh	93201	Tulare County	California Online Public Schools Central Valley District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(800) 906-5166	729	20	43.3	68.7%	255 (35.0%)	36 (4.9%)	336 (46.1%)	12 (1.6%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (11.0%)								(n/a)										15.2	22.9		39.4	39.3	29.1	29.0	27.5	30.4	29.3	43.2	35.5	58.8	39.5	33.3	23.5	16.7	27.0	25.0	23.9	28.6	25.4	57.1	65.7	74.3	62.9	60.0	65.7

Frequently Asked Questions about Wonderful College Prep Academy

How many students attend Wonderful College Prep Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,845 students attended Wonderful College Prep Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Wonderful College Prep Academy?

Students at Wonderful College Prep Academy are 93% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% White.

Is Wonderful College Prep Academy a good school?

Wonderful College Prep Academy ranks 3188^th of 5857 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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2024–25 CSA Spanish test scoresDec 22, 2025

2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesNov 14, 2025

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