Entrepreneur High School highlights career pathways, eMindset gains and SkillsUSA/DECA success
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School leaders told the county board that Entrepreneur High School (EHI) is seeing growth in career-technical programs, reduced suspensions and gains on an in-house eMindset assessment; students who spoke described internships and state/national competition placements.
Entrepreneur High School principals and students presented an annual update to the San Bernardino County Board of Education emphasizing career and workplace programs, reduced disciplinary removals and improvements on a school-created entrepreneurial-mindset assessment.
Principal Deirdre Durham said the school continues to “incubate original business ideas” through student-run enterprises and partnerships that produce paid internships. Durham noted the school is preparing for a WASC accreditation visit in May and said “our DECA and SkillsUSA students have placed at the state and national levels.”
The presentation highlighted an internal tool the school calls the eMindset assessment. School staff reported a roughly 24% gain in eMindset scores from the start to midyear assessment window and said the goal is an 80% proficiency target on that measure by year-end. The principal and school leaders said they embed entrepreneurial thinking across classes, not solely in business courses.
Students described work-based learning and competitive opportunities. Marco Merida, a senior who said he made DECA nationals, called Entrepreneur High “an amazing school” that helped him “become more confident.” Alex Hernandez, another senior, said the school’s approach pushed him “to get out of my comfort zone” and helped prepare him for postsecondary plans.
Administrators reported that the school’s suspension rate fell this school year after the introduction of restorative practices and other behavioral supports. The presentation said the school expects incremental improvements on state assessments (via NWEA/CAAS projections) but acknowledged staff turnover has affected instruction in some grades.
Clarifying details and limits: presenters gave the school’s current enrollment as about 502 students. They reported a 2024 graduation rate of 88 percent and said a subset of seniors met A–G requirements for CSU eligibility; the presentation stated a figure of “74” in that context but the transcript’s cohort denominator was not clear. The presenters declined to claim the A–G rate would be final until final transcripts and state reporting are complete.
Ending: School leaders invited board members to tour the campus and to attend the June 5 graduation; no board action was required on the update.