Summary
University Preparatory Academy Charter is a 656-student school serving grades 7–12 in San Jose, California, in a nearby-school group made up mostly of high schools. Its 2025–2026 results are strong across all three tested subjects: 80% proficiency in English language arts (ELA), 66% in math, and 58% in science. The clearest takeaway is that it led nearby schools with same-year, all-grades results in every subject.
The school’s largest nearby advantage is in math: its results were 42 percentage points above the nearby-school average, compared with leads of 33 points in ELA and 29 in science. It also outperformed the reported district by 67 points in ELA, 58 in math, and 50 in science, and the state by 31, 27, and 22 points, respectively. ELA is its strongest subject relative to the state, while science has the smallest—but still substantial—state gap. Other indicators are favorable: chronic absenteeism was 4%, versus 18% statewide and 11% at the nearby school with the lowest reported rate. The graduation rate was 96%, 8 points above the state, though three nearby schools were higher.
SchoolDigger ranks the school 86th of 2,137 statewide, at the 96th percentile with 5 stars; the next-highest nearby school is Branham High, at the 87th percentile with 4 stars. The school’s percentile rose from 65 in 2008–2009, although it is 2 points below its 2017–2018 peak of 98. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for African American Students is at the 78th percentile, 18 points below the school’s overall ranking and down 20 points since 2017–2018—indicating lower relative standing in how well the school serves this group. Its student-teacher ratio was 20.3 in 2017–2018; free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 11% in 2015–2016 and 25% in 2017–2018, with no current low-income measure reported. Prior-year subject scores are not provided, and most nearby schools serve grades 9–12 rather than 7–12, so these comparisons cannot establish a test-score trend and cover different grade spans.
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