Summary:
Orange County Workforce Innovation High is the sole public charter high school serving grades 9-12 in the Orange County Workforce Innovation High District. With an enrollment of 159 students, the school is struggling to provide a high-quality education, as evidenced by its consistently low academic performance, high rates of chronic absenteeism and dropout, and significant socioeconomic challenges facing its student population.
The school's 4-year graduation rate of 17.4% for the 2022-2023 school year is significantly lower than the state average, and its dropout rate of 28.3% is concerning. Additionally, the school has a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 65.4%, indicating that a large portion of the student population is missing a significant amount of instructional time. On standardized tests, the school's performance is well below the state average, with only 30.43% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and just 2.17% proficient or better in Mathematics.
The high percentage of students (90.57%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch suggests that the Orange County Workforce Innovation High serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, which may be impacting student outcomes. Despite these challenges, the school's ranking and star rating from SchoolDigger have remained low over the past three school years, indicating a lack of significant improvement in the school's performance.
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