Forest Charter
Nevada City · CA · Nevada County Office of Education · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Sierra Academy of Expeditionary Learning → John Muir Charter → Bitney Prep High → Golden Sierra Junior Senior High → South Lindhurst Continuation High → Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts → East Nicolaus High → Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 15% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Forest Charter compares for families
What families should know about Forest Charter.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Sierra Academy of Expeditionary Learning, John Muir Charter, Bitney Prep High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 15% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
60th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 845 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $29,308 per student in district revenue, the 203 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $5,949,524/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Academy of Expeditionary Learning Nevada City |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 191 | +8.5% |
| John Muir Charter Grass Valley |
Public · charter | 4.1 | 623 | +34.3% |
| Bitney Prep High Grass Valley |
Public · charter | 1.9 | 91 | +35.8% |
| Golden Sierra Junior Senior High Garden Valley |
Public | 29.5 | 298 | -8.6% |
| South Lindhurst Continuation High Olivehurst |
Public | 30.0 | 245 | +100.8% |
| Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts Marysville |
Public · charter | 30.9 | 223 | -3.9% |
| East Nicolaus High Nicolaus |
Public | 36.0 | 308 | +1.0% |
| Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter Marysville |
Public · charter | 31.3 | 224 | +26.6% |