Highlands Community Charter
Sacramento · CA · Highlands Community Charter District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Higher Learning Academy → Community Outreach Academy → Sacramento County ROP → New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova → Grant Union High → Inderkum High → California Innovative Career Academy → Rio Americano High →📋 At a glance
- Program details not reported to CRDC
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 7% (Bottom 1% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Highlands Community Charter compares for families
What families should know about Highlands Community 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: Higher Learning Academy, Community Outreach Academy, Sacramento County ROP and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 1% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +44.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 11,713 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,902 per student in district revenue, the 63,209 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $815,522,518/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Learning Academy Sacramento |
Public · charter | 1.1 | — | — |
| Community Outreach Academy McClellan |
Public · charter | 3.5 | — | — |
| Sacramento County ROP Sacramento |
Public | 8.9 | — | — |
| New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova Rancho Cordova |
Public · charter | 9.2 | — | — |
| Grant Union High Sacramento |
Public | 0.1 | 1,987 | -4.8% |
| Inderkum High Sacramento |
Public | 4.7 | 2,194 | -6.5% |
| California Innovative Career Academy Sacramento |
Public · charter | 0.0 | 1,729 | +121.7% |
| Rio Americano High Sacramento |
Public | 5.9 | 1,891 | -1.7% |