ACADEMIC PROFILE

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Dean of Student Services Becca Freeland SCHOOL PROFILE 2015-2016 The Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA), a public charter school located in the heart of Dean of Instruction Sally Lopez Santa Ana, California, provides a six year comprehensive academic and conservatory arts program to students in grades 7 through 12. Established in 1987, OCSA is one of the premier Dean of Facilities and Operations arts schools in the nation where aspiring young artists have the opportunity to refine their skills William Wallace, Ed. D. and flourish in one of twelve pre-professional arts conservatories. Dean of Arts Conservatories Teren Shaffer OCSA serves a culturally diverse student body of more than 2,108 students from 100 cities Director, Special Services throughout Southern California. Based on the belief that creative artistry is fueled by Kare McCann intellectual insight, the Orange County School of the Arts provides a rigorous college School Counselors preparatory academic program that produces high achieving, motivated scholars. Students Vanessa Musso attend five hours of rigorous academic classes in addition to three hours of daily arts Mindy Shiroma instruction. Acceptance to the Orange County School of the Arts is based on an audition and a Ashley Talbert minimum academic 2.0 GPA. Rebecca Vance-Freeland Learning Specialist ENROLLMENT ETHNICITY DEMOGRAPHICS Nicole Read 2108 students (grades 7 through 12) Hispanic: 24% American Indian: 4.3% Male: 640 Non-Hispanic: 76% Asian-American: 23% ACCREDITATION Female: 1468 Pacific Islander: 1% Western Association of Schools and Seniors: 352 Filipino: 5.1% Colleges Juniors: 373 African American: 2.7% Recognitions Sophomores: 442 White: 63.9% • One of top three public high schools Freshmen: 425 in Orange County (Orange County 8th Grade: 271 Register) 2014 7th Grade: 245

• California Distinguished School 2005, 2009, 2013 CURRICULUM • The Academic program is organized on an alternating block schedule. Students take • Blue Ribbon School 1998, 2006 three 90-95 minute block classes daily. Each block class meets every other day. • America’s Best High Schools (Newsweek) 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014 • The Art Conservatory program consists of two 80-minute blocks, four days a week. • Best High Schools in America Middle school students attend one block each day while high school students attend (US News & World Report) 2008, two blocks. These pre-professional arts courses vary in content, day and block based on 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 the conservatory. • Exemplary School – Arts School HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Network 2010-2011, 2013-2015 Course Length Credits Literature & Composition 8 Semesters 40 MEMBERSHIPS Mathematics (Integrated I and Integrated II) 4 Semesters 20 • WASC Life Science 2 Semesters 10 • International NETWORK of Schools for Physical Science 2 Semesters 10 the Advancement of Arts Education Health 1 Semester 5 SOAR (Required for freshmen only) 1 Semester 5 FACULTY World History 2 Semesters 10 • Academic faculty - fully credentialed US History 2 Semesters 10 NCLB Compliant Government 1 Semester 5 Economics 1 Semester 5 • Majority of the 200 arts and academic World Language 4 Semesters 20 teachers hold advanced degrees Fine Arts 2 Semesters 10 Physical Education 4 Semesters 20 • Guest artists and industry leaders Required Course Credits 170 share their expertise and creativity Electives 70 with students through lectures, Total Credits Required to Graduate: 240 presentations and hands-on-training. Thirty-two credits of conservatory courses are required each year of all 9th through 12th grade TUITION students from one of the following audition based conservatories: Acting, Classical Voice, OCSA is tuition free, donation Classical/Contemporary Dance, Commercial Dance, Creative Writing, Culinary Arts & Hospitality, dependent. No student is admitted or Digital Media, Film and Television, Instrumental Music, Integrated Arts, International Dance, Musical denied based on financial capacity. Theatre, Production and Design, or Visual Arts. TESTING INFORMATION 2015 API – 914 2015 County Rank – 4 SAT Reasoning Test - Mean Scores 2015 State Rank – Top 8%

Class of 2015 OCSA 2015 State SAT Data # of students taking exam 168 234, 767 Grade and GPA Scale OCSA utilizes a four-point scale to calcu- Critical Reading 588 495 late students’ grade point averages, but does not rank students Math 574 511 by GPA. Writing 588 484 Grade Scale: A = 4.0 B = 3.0 ACT Test – Mean Scores C = 2.0 D = 1.0 Advanced Placement/Honors courses (+) Class of 2015 OCSA 2015 State ACT Data are weighted with an additional value of 1 # of students taking exam 197 121, 815 point for each course semester.

Composite Score 26.2 22.5 Class Rank: Per school policy, students are NOT RANKED. English 27.7 22.1 Math 24.8 22.7 Average Cumulative Academic GPA: 3.3 Reading 27.1 22.6 Science 24.9 22.0 Advanced Placement Classes AP Art History AP Biology AP Calculus AB Advanced Placement Exams AP Calculus BC 100% AP Chemistry • May 2015, 574 students took AP exams AP Economics • A total of 1,028 exams were taken in 16 AP subjects 80% AP Environmental Science • 81% of the AP exams received passing scores AP French AP Government • May 2014, 590 students took AP exams 60% AP Language and Composition • A total of 1,070 exams were taken in 16 AP subjects AP Literature and Composition • 78% of the AP exams received passing scores 40% AP Music Theory AP Physics 1 Ap Psychology • May 2013, 486 students took AP exams 20% • A total of 769 exams were taken in 16 AP subjects SCORE PERCENTAGES PASSING AP Spanish AP Statistics • 79% of the AP exams received passing scores 0% AP U.S. History 2013 2014 2015 AP World History Honors Classes Literature and Composition l Honors STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Literature and Composition ll Honors Pre-Calculus (+) National Merit Scholarship Awards Class of Class of Class of Class of IMP IV (+) 2012 2013 2014 2015 Biology Honors National Merit Finalist 1 2 Chemistry Honors Spanish IV Honors (+) National Merit Semi-Finalists 1 2 2 French IV Honors (+) National Merit Commended Scholars 11 11 10 10 National Hispanic Recognition Scholars 5 4 Extra Curricular Opportunities • Student Body Leadership • National Honor Society • California Scholarship Federation • Camp OCSA Counselor Advanced Placement Awards 2012 2013 2014 2015 • Over 100 student-led clubs and National Honors 4 4 9 5 organizations Scholar with Distinction 45 42 69 71 Scholar with Honors 29 30 40 45 Scholar 35 61 89 88 Information provided by the Academic and Student Services offices. Updated 9/8/2015 COLLEGE PREPARATORY (CP) COURSE OFFERINGS BY SUBJECT AREA We offer 8 year-long Honors Courses and 18 Advanced Placement courses. Courses indicated with an asterisk * receive an extra point in the grade point average calculation.

English Social Science ' Dance Conditioning ' Literature and Composition I ' *AP Government and Politics ' Dance History ' Literature and Composition IH United States ' Directing ' Literature and Composition II ' *AP Macro Economics ' Drawing ' Literature and Composition IIH ' *AP United States History ' Elements of Music Theory ' Literature and Composition III ' *AP World History ' Fashion and Costume Design ' *AP English Language ' Economics ' Flute Masterclass ' *AP English Literature and ' Government ' Folklorico Repertory Composition ' U.S. History ' Graphic Design ' 19th Century Literature ' World History ' Illustration ' Film, Literature and Composition ' Improvisation ' Modern Plays/Media Analysis World Languages ' Jazz Combos ' Mythology and Folklore/Composition ' *AP French Language and Culture ' Jazz Dance ' Popular Culture and Literature ' *AP Spanish Language and Culture ' Jazz Orchestra ' Science Fiction/Composition ' French I ' Jewelry ' Shakespeare/Composition ' French II ' Landscape Painting ' French III ' Modern Dance Technique Science ' French IV ' Music History ' Anatomy ' *French IVH ' Music Theory ' *AP Biology ' Spanish for Native Speakers A ' Painting ' *AP Chemistry ' Spanish for Native Speakers B ' Percussion Ensemble ' *AP Environmental Science ' Spanish I ' Photography ' *AP Physics 1 ' Spanish II ' Piano ' Biology ' Spanish III ' Piano Masterclass ' Biology Honors ' Spanish IV ' Playreading and Analysis ' Chemistry ' *Spanish IVH ' Saxophone Ensemble ' Chemistry Honors ' Spanish V-Hispanic Literature ' String Orchestra ' Environmental Science and Culture ' Strings Chamber Music ' Food and Nutrition Science ' Tap Dance ' Physics Visual and Performing Arts ' Theatre History ' Zoology ' 3-D Design ' Vocal Ensemble ' Acting Technique ' Voice Mathematics ' Advanced Painting ' Watercolor ' Algebra II ' Animation ' Wood Ensemble ' Algebra II/Trigonometry ' *AP Art History ' Woodwind Quintet ' *AP Calculus AB ' *AP Music Theory ' *AP Calculus BC ' Art History Electives ' *AP Statistics ' Ballet Dance ' CW Core Short Story ' Functions, Statistics, and ' Ballet Technique ' Journalism Trigonometry (FST) ' Ballroom Dance ' Philosophy ' Integrated Math I ' Brass Ensemble ' *AP Psychology ' Integrated Math II ' Ceramics ' Screenwriting ' Integrated Math Program (IMP) II ' Chamber Orchestra ' Senior Project ' Integrated Math Program (IMP) III ' Choreography ' *Integrated Math Program (IMP) IV ' Clarinet Ensemble ' *Pre-Calculus ' Commercial Music Theory ' Statistics ' Conducting

Thirty-two credits of conservatory courses are required each year of all 9th through 12th grade students from one of the following audition-based conservatories:

SCHOOL CONSERVATORY STUDENTS ENROLLED School of Applied Arts Culinary Arts & Hospitality 103 School of Dance Classical/Contemporary Dance 61 Commercial Dance 120 International Dance 108 Ballet Folklorico Program 70 Ballroom Program 38 School of Fine & Media Arts Creative Writing 145 Digital Media 60 Film and Television 79 Integrated Arts 240 Visual Arts 188 School of Music Classical Voice 92 Instrumental Music 344 Commercial Music Program 49 Frederick Fennel Wind Studies Program 58 Garn Family Jazz Studies Program 38 Guitar Program 62 Pianist Program 44 Strings & Orchestra Program 93 School of Theatre Acting 206 Musical Theatre 235 Production and Design 123 MATRICULATION Ninety-nine percent of the Class of 2015 was accepted into institutions of higher education. For the graduating class, 77% are attending a four-year college program, 21% are attending a two-year college or conservatory program, and 2% of the seniors are going directly into the workplace or take a gap year.

College/University Acceptances: OCSA students apply to and enroll at schools that reflect each student’s individual interests and strengths. The following post-secondary campus acceptances and matriculation (in parenthesis) data was reported by the class of 2015

Academy of Art University 4 (1) DePauw University 1 Oregon State University 3 (1) Los Angeles 30 (13) Allegheny College 1 Design Institute of San Diego 1 Otis College of Art and Design 1 (1) Merced 1 AMDA-College and Cons. of the Perf. Arts 3 Dickinson College 1 Pace University, NYC 21 (3) Riverside 14 (3) American Academy of the Dramatic Arts 1 Dominican University of California 2 Pacific University 2 (1) San Diego 29 (6) American Academy of Dramatic Arts/West 1 (1) Dordt College 1 Palomar College 1 (1) San Francisco 14 (3) AMDA-Amer. Musical and Dramatic Acad. 4 Drexel University 4 Pasadena City College 1 (1) Santa Barbara 21 (5) American University 5 (3) Duke University 1 Peabody Institute of John Hopkins U. 1 Santa Cruz 28 (5) Amherst College 1 (1) Eastman School of Music-U of Rochester 1 (1) Pennsylvania State University, U. Park 3 University of Central Florida 1 (1) Arizona State University 8 Elon University 1 Pepperdine University 4 University of Central Oklahoma 2 Art Center College of Design 7 (3) Emerson College 16 (1) Point Loma Nazarene University 2 (1) University of Cincinnati 1 Art Institute of California-Los Angeles 1 Emory University 5 (1) Point Park University 7 University of Colorado at Boulder 8 (1) Art Institute of California-Orange County 2 Fashion Institute of Technology 1 (1) Pomona College 1 (1) University of Colorado at Denver 2 Art Institute of Southern California 1 Florida State University 1 Portland Community College 1 (1) University of Denver 7 (1) Azusa Pacifica University 9 (1) Fordham University 11 Portland State University 5 University of Connecticut 1 Babson College 1 Fullerton College 7 (6) Pratt Institute 2 (1) University of Florida 2 Baldwin Wallace University 1 Geneva College 1 Princeton University 1 University of Hartford 7 Ball State University 1 George Mason University 2 Purchase College State U of New York 7 (1) University of Hawaii at Hilo 1 Bard College 3 George Washington University 4 (1) Raffles International College 1 (1) University of Hawaii at Manoa 2 Barnard College 2 (1) Georgia Institute of Technology 2 Reed College 5 (2) University of Hawaii Maui College 1 Baylor University 3 (1) Georgia State University 1 Regis University 1 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2 Belmont University 8 (1) Gettysburg College 1 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2 (1) University of Kansas 1 Bennington College 2 Golden West College 2 (2) Rhode Island School of Design 2 (2) University of Kentucky 1 Bentley University 1 Gonzaga University 2 Rhodes College 1 University of La Verne 4 (1) Berklee College of Music 9 (6) Goucher College 1 Rice University 4 (2) University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2 Biola University 5 Hampshire College 1 Rider University 5 (1) University of Miami 4 Boise State University 1 Harvard University 1 (1) Ringling College of Art and Design 1 University of Michigan 6 (1) Boston Conservatory 7 (1) Harvey Mudd College 2 (1) Riverside Community College 1 (1) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3 Boston University 12 (1) Hofstra University 4 Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design 1 University of Missouri, Columbia 1 Brandeis University 1 Hope College 1 Roger Williams University 1 University of Nebraska at Lincoln 2 Brigham Young University 2 (1) Howard University 1 Rollins College 1 University of New Mexico 1 Brooklyn College of the CUNY 1 Hult International Business School 2 Roosevelt University-Schaumburg 4 University of N. Carolina School of the Arts 1 (1) Brooks Institute of Photography 2 (1) Indiana University at Bloomington 7 (1) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 2 (1) University of North Texas 2 Brown University 2 (2) Interior Designers Institute 1 Saddleback College 7 (7) University of Northern Colorado 3 California Baptist University 4 (1) Irvine Valley College 12 (10) Saint Louis University 2 University of Oklahoma 1 California College of the Arts (San Franc) 2 (1) Ithaca College 2 Saint Louis University, Madrid 2 (1) University of Oregon 11 (2) California Institute of Technology 1 James Madison University 1 Saint Mary’s College of California 2 University of the Pacific 8 (2) California Institute of the Arts 10 (3) John Hopkins University 4 Samford University 1 University of Pennsylvania 2 (1) California Lutheran University 4 (1) John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CUNY 1 San Francisco Art Institute 1 University of Pittsburg 3 Johnson and Wales University (Providence) 1 (1) San Francisco Conservatory of Music 5 (2) University of Portland 4 California State Universities Juniata College 3 Santa Ana College 2 (2) University of Puget Sound 4 (2) Cal Poly Pomona 20 (3) Kent State University 1 Santa Clara University 5 (1) University of Redlands 7 (1) Cal Poly SLO 3 (1) Kenyon College 3 (1) Santa Fe University of Art and Design 2 University of Richmond 1 Channel Islands 6 (2) Knox College 1 Santa Monica College 3 (3) University of Rochester 1 (1) Chico 1 LaGrange College 1 Santiago Canyon College 6 (6) University of San Diego 7 Dominquez Hills 2 Laguna College of Art and Design 7 (2) Sarah Lawrence College 5 University of San Francisco 17 (4) Fullerton 64 (11) Lake Forest College 1 Savannah College of Art and Design 5 (1) University of South Carolina 1 Humboldt 8 (3) Lewis and Clark College 5 (1) School of Art Institute of Chicago 5 University of Southern California 32 (11) Long Beach 57 (3) Long Beach City College 1 (1) School of Visual Arts 5 University of St. Andrews 1 Los Angeles 11 (2) Los Angeles Recording School 1 (1) Seattle Pacific University 1 University of Tampa 1 Monterey Bay 1 Los Angeles Trade-Technical College 1 (1) Seattle University 3 (1) University of Texas, Austin 3 Northridge 4 (1) Louisiana State University 1 Seton Hall University 2 University of Toronto 1 Sacramento 4 Loyola Marymount University 20 (3) Sewanee: The University of the South 1 University of Utah 2 (1) San Diego 21 (3) Loyola University Chicago 1 Shenandoah University 1 (1) University of Vermont 1 San Marcos 1 Loyola University Maryland 2 Smith College 3 (1) University of Victoria 1 San Francisco 32 (7) Macalester College 2 Soka University of America 1 University of Washington 9 (1) San Jose 9 Manhattan School of Music 2 Southern Methodist University 4 University of Wisconsin, Madison 4 Sonoma 13 Mannes College of Music 1 Southern Oregon University 2 Utah Valley University 1 (1) Marymount California University 2 Southern Virginia University 1 Vanguard University of Southern California 5 (2) Calvin College 1 (1) Marymount Manhattan College 17 St. John’s College 1 Vassar College 2 CAP21 Performing Arts Conservatory 6 Marymount University 1 St. John’s University-Staten Island 1 Ventura College 1 (1) Cardinal Stritch University 1 Maryville University 1 St. John’s University-Queens Campus 4 Viterbo University 1 Carleton University 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 (1) St. Lawrence University 1 Wagner College 1 Carnegie Mellon University 2 (1) McGill University 1 St. Mary’s College of Maryland 1 Washington State University 3 Carroll College (Montana) 1 Miami University, Oxford 1 St. Olaf College 1 (1) Washington University, St. Louis 1 Case Western Reserve University 1 Michigan State University 1 Stanford University 3 (1) Webster University 1 Chapman University 55 (17) Middlebury College 1 Stephens College 1 Wellesley College 3 Citrus College 1 (1) Mills College 1 Suffolk University 1 (1) Westmont College 1 City College of San Francisco 1 (1) Molloy College 9 (2) Swarthmore College 3 (1) Wheaton College IL 1 Claremont McKenna College 3 Montclair University 4 (1) Syracuse University 4 (1) Whitman College 1 Clark University 2 Monmouth University 1 Texas A & M University 1 Whittier College 3 (1) Cleveland Institute of Music 1 Morningside College 1 Texas Christian University 3 (3) Whitworth University 1 Coastal Carolina University 1 Mt. San Antonio College 1 (1) The Art Institute of California-Inland Empire 1 (1) Willamette University 4 Colburn School 1 (1) Muhlenberg College 2 The College of Wooster 1 Wright State University 1 Colby College 1 Musicians Institute 4 (2) The Julliard School 2 (1) Young Americans College of Perf. Arts 1 (1) College of the Atlantic 1 Nebraska Wesleyan University 1 The New School-Eugene Lang College 8 (1) College of Charleston 1 New England Conservatory of Music 4 Trinity College 1 Colorado College 1 New York Film Academy 1 (1) Tufts University 1 Colorado School of Mines 3 (1) New York University 18 (8) Tulane University 1 Colorado State University 1 Northeastern University 5 Union College 1 (1) Columbia College Chicago 6 Northern Arizona University 12 (4) University of Alabama 1 Columbia University 3 (2) Northwestern University 3 University of Arizona 19 (5) Concordia University-Irvine 2 Oberlin College 3 University of the Arts 2 Connecticut College 2 Oberlin Conservatory of Music 1 (1) University of the Arts London 1 Cornell University 3 Occidental College 3 (2) University of British Columbia 2 (1) Cornish College of the Arts 2 (1) Ohio Northern University 2 Culinary Institute of America-Greystone 1 Oklahoma Christian University 1 University of California Culinary Institute of America 2 Oklahoma City University 2 Berkeley 22 (6) Cypress College 4 (2) Orange Coast College 20 (16) Davis 23 (4) DePaul University 18 (6) Oregon Culinary Institute-Pioneer Pacific 1 (1) Irvine 39 (11)