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Opportunity Youth Academy

Public, Charter Grades 9-12

1861^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 14% of California high schools

Summary

Opportunity Youth Academy is a public high school serving grades 9-12 for 283 students in San Jose, operating under the Santa Clara County Office of Education with a mission focused on serving at-risk youth.

The school faces significant challenges, with an extremely high chronic absenteeism rate of 76.5% and a low graduation rate of 32.6%, both far below state and district averages. Academic proficiency is also very low across all subjects, with only 14.71% of students proficient in English and 5% in math, and the school operates with a high student-teacher ratio of 33.8 to 1. These outcomes persist despite per-student spending comparable to other schools, suggesting resources may not be effectively deployed to address the core issues of attendance and engagement.

When compared to nearby schools serving similar communities, the differences are stark. For instance, KIPP San Jose Collegiate achieves much higher graduation and proficiency rates. Even other alternative schools in the same district, like Santa Clara County Community, show better outcomes with lower student-teacher ratios. This indicates that while the student population at Opportunity Youth Academy has high needs, different instructional models or strategies used by other local schools could offer pathways for improvement.

283

Students ?

33.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,397

Per pupil spending ?

69.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1290 Ridder Park Dr.
San Jose, CA 95131-2304

(844) 692-4888

District: Santa Clara County Office of Education

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

85.5%

White:

6.7%

African American:

3.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 15th percentile in 2019 → 14th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (9% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)

!Graduation rate below the California average (33% vs 88%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school9%

District avg8%

California avg41%

1,861^st of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 14%▼ down 1 pts since 2019

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2High Schools in the Santa Clara County Office of Education

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

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.4	1861 of 2162	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.8	1794 of 2159	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	1792 of 2170	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.7	1659 of 2123	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.8	1080 of 1290	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.1	1805 of 2133	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	18.9	1131 of 1161	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.6	1116 of 1117	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	38.0	635 of 1085	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.1	1062 of 1064	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	53.2	283 of 1044	72.9%	★★★★☆
2019	25.0	939 of 941	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.3	1666 of 1906	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.8	1751 of 1915	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.0	1721 of 1915	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.2	1673 of 1858	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.8	1694 of 1833	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.4	1597 of 1760	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.9	1582 of 1900	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.6	1564 of 1902	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.3	1540 of 1917	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.6	1422 of 1861	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.2	1483 of 1814	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.1	1504 of 1742	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.7	396 of 410	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.8	1701 of 2013	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.5	1650 of 2026	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	1654 of 2030	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.5	1568 of 1943	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.7	872 of 1126	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.9	1628 of 1937	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.7	1561 of 1862	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.1	1699 of 1942	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.5	1541 of 1948	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	1592 of 1963	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.3	1400 of 1916	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.9	1564 of 1880	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.2	1601 of 1834	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	48.8	500 of 1252	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	18.1	1125 of 1216	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.1	1195 of 1197	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2025)60th percentile+46 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)41st percentile+25 vs school

Hispanic (2025)17th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile~ school

Female (2025)13th percentile~ school

Male (2025)13th percentile~ school

Homeless (2025)3rd percentile-11 vs school

Disabled (2022)3rd percentile-19 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy15%-34 vs state

Mathematics5%-32 vs state

Science2%-30 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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
Santa Clara County Community	Public	6-12	1290 Ridder Park Dr. MC213	San Jose	95131	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 453-6968	107	8	13.7	58.9%	17 (15.9%)	6 (5.6%)	74 (69.2%)	6 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)								(n/a)	15.8				16.7			7.1		21.7			16.7		19.1	$42,561	$6,602	$35,959
Santa Clara County Court	Public	6-12	1290 Ridder Park Dr. MC213	San Jose	95131	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 573-3070	44	10	4.3	93.2%	1 (2.3%)	8 (18.2%)	33 (75.0%)	2 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.1	2065^th of 2162 public high schools	4.5%					(n/a)			4.4		3.6				5.9	5.0				0.0	0.0	$119,107	$15,596	$103,511
Opportunity Youth Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	1290 Ridder Park Dr.	San Jose	95131	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara County Office of Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(844) 692-4888	283	8	33.8	69.6%	19 (6.7%)	11 (3.9%)	242 (85.5%)	5 (1.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	13.4	1861^st of 2162 public high schools	13.9%		15.8	1794^th of 2159 public high schools	16.9%	67				2.4	2.4				14.7	14.7				5.0	5.0	$17,397	$1,436	$15,961
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
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
Kathleen MacDonald High	Public	9-12	3588 Zanker Rd.	San Jose	95134	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(669) 369-4400	683	36	18.8	31.8%	85 (12.4%)	20 (2.9%)	314 (46.0%)	218 (31.9%)	5 (0.7%)	4 (0.6%)	36 (5.3%)	79	427^th of 2162 public high schools	80.2%					(n/a)			51.3		51.3				64.8	64.8				35.1	35.1	$35,045	$1,208	$33,837
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
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
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

Frequently Asked Questions about Opportunity Youth Academy

How many students attend Opportunity Youth Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 283 students attended Opportunity Youth Academy.

What district is Opportunity Youth Academy in?

Santa Clara County Office of Education

Is Opportunity Youth Academy a good school?

Opportunity Youth Academy ranks in the bottom 13.9% of California high schools.

What is the racial makeup of Opportunity Youth Academy?

Students at Opportunity Youth Academy are 86% Hispanic, 7% White, 4% African American, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more races.

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