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Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy

Public, Charter, Virtual, Alternative Grades K-12

4612^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Alternative Schools

Better than 21% of California alternative schools

Summary

Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy (BEST Academy) is a K-12 alternative school in Julian, CA, serving 693 students, many of whom come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

The school shows a significant and puzzling gap between excellent daily attendance and lower academic performance compared to similar nearby schools like JCS - Pine Valley, Mountain Valley Academy, and Julian Charter. While chronic absenteeism is remarkably low at 3.6%, proficiency rates in English, math, and science are consistently below these peers, and the student-teacher ratio of 28.7:1 is notably higher, suggesting less individual attention.

Despite these academic challenges, BEST Academy has made impressive strides in its graduation rate, which improved from 54.2% to 83.1% over three years. However, the school's dropout rate remains higher than the state average. The school's higher per-student spending compared to some peers, coupled with its specialized engineering and technology focus, raises questions about how resources are allocated to support student learning and engagement within the Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy District.

693

Students ?

28.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,494

Per pupil spending ?

62.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1704 Cape Horn
Julian, CA 92036

(833) 619-2378

District: Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy District

Racial breakdown:

White:

55.7%

Hispanic:

39.0%

Asian:

2.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 45th percentile in 2024 → 36th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (22% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!Dropout rate above the California average (17% vs 8%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school22%

California avg41%

Elementary school

4,612^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 21%▲ up 21 pts since 2022

From bottom 1% (2022) to bottom 21% (2025)

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★★★★★

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Middle school

2,245^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 19%▲ up 17 pts since 2022

From bottom 1% (2022) to bottom 19% (2025)

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★★★★★

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High school

1,390^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 36%▲ up 21 pts since 2022

From bottom 15% (2022) to bottom 36% (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	22.8	4612 of 5857	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.6	5344 of 5869	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.7	5791 of 5859	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.1	5877 of 5883	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	48.4	1281 of 3162	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	25.6	2833 of 3245	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.2	3142 of 3311	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.4	4306 of 5597	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.5	5332 of 5612	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.3	5362 of 5609	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.2	5617 of 5635	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.4	4421 of 5107	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.3	5015 of 5107	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.0	5081 of 5087	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.2	5083 of 5084	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.5	5249 of 5460	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.4	5306 of 5517	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.1	5350 of 5363	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.3	5258 of 5264	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.3	4364 of 5628	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.9	4626 of 5643	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	5.8	5631 of 5638	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.9	5661 of 5663	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.2	2441 of 2598	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	2245 of 2761	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.3	2689 of 2783	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.5	2718 of 2781	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.3	2706 of 2740	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	35.9	907 of 1478	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.3	1110 of 1521	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	1515 of 1540	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.0	2298 of 2533	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.0	2463 of 2551	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.9	2481 of 2531	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.9	2496 of 2509	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.6	2185 of 2395	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.1	2329 of 2388	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.0	2339 of 2374	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.7	2322 of 2359	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.7	2424 of 2542	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.4	2506 of 2579	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.4	2500 of 2531	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.6	2383 of 2458	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.0	1915 of 2534	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.8	2477 of 2552	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.9	2486 of 2538	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.4	2488 of 2527	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.8	1429 of 1520	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.5	1390 of 2162	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.8	1196 of 2159	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.6	1313 of 2170	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	14.7	1802 of 2123	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	56.4	247 of 1085	77.2%	★★★★☆
2023	79.3	69 of 1064	93.5%	★★★★★
2022	28.4	885 of 1044	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.7	1305 of 1906	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.4	1113 of 1915	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.6	1235 of 1915	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	12.2	1671 of 1858	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.8	1272 of 1900	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.2	925 of 1902	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.1	1136 of 1917	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	16.6	1559 of 1861	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.6	355 of 410	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.8	1305 of 2013	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.2	1112 of 2026	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.5	1095 of 2030	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.0	1506 of 1943	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.6	1269 of 1942	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.0	1108 of 1948	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.3	1139 of 1963	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	14.8	1635 of 1916	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.5	1011 of 1155	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2024)59th percentile+51 vs school

Female (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)13th percentile-8 vs school

White (2025)6th percentile-15 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)4th percentile-17 vs school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2024)39th percentile+35 vs school

Male (2025)24th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)9th percentile-9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)9th percentile-10 vs school

White (2025)6th percentile-13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile-14 vs school

High school

English Language Learner (2024)77th percentile+33 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)35th percentile~ school

Male (2025)35th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)33rd percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)32nd percentile-4 vs school

Homeless (2025)13th percentile-22 vs school

White (2025)12th percentile-23 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy28%-21 vs state

Mathematics18%-19 vs state

Science16%-17 vs state

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Julian Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1704 Cape Horn	Julian	92036	San Diego County	Julian Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(760) 765-3847	203	14	14.0	41.9%	77 (37.9%)	4 (2.0%)	88 (43.3%)	5 (2.5%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (12.3%)								(n/a)	50.0	50.0	53.3			48.2		36.4	64.3	50.0	38.5	57.1	62.5	52.9		54.6	50.0	44.4	38.5	66.7	33.3	46.3	$15,804	$720	$15,084
Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1704 Cape Horn	Julian	92036	San Diego County	Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(833) 619-2378	693	24	28.7	62.8%	386 (55.7%)	13 (1.9%)	270 (39.0%)	17 (2.5%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)								(n/a)	16.0	12.5		5.0	28.2	16.0	31.5	27.5	30.0	36.4	26.5	20.6	30.4	28.3	27.8	19.6	18.0	22.2	22.1	9.6	12.7	18.4	$14,494	$1,269	$13,225
Mountain Valley Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	1010 Ramona St.	Ramona	92065	San Diego County	Ramona City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 787-3600	182	8	22.2	45.6%	100 (54.9%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (34.1%)	3 (1.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.8%)								(n/a)		50.0		55.6		53.3					69.2	83.3	68.4	67.0					30.8	38.9	52.6	39.6	$8,902	$1,380	$7,522
JCS - Pine Valley	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	28876 Old Highway 80	Pine Valley	91962	San Diego County	JCS - Pine Valley District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 473-1300	184	15	12.4	46.2%	111 (60.3%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (26.1%)	2 (1.1%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (9.8%)								(n/a)		36.8	18.2			30.2				34.8	47.6	52.6	45.5	44.4				17.4	33.3	36.8	45.5	28.3	$16,648	$766	$15,882

Frequently Asked Questions about Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy

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Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy ranks in the bottom 21.3% of California alternative schools.

What is the racial makeup of Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy?

Students at Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy are 56% White, 39% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% African American.

How many students attend Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 693 students attended Brookfield Engineering Science Technology Academy.

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