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Vista Springs Charter

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How Vista Springs Charter compares for families

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California College-Going Rate

College-going rate: —

The share of 2022-23 graduates who enrolled at a college anywhere in the U.S. within 12 months, per the National Student Clearinghouse match the California Department of Education publishes.

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CDE masks small groups. It suppresses every figure for a school whose graduating class is 10 students or fewer, so no rate is published for Vista Springs Charter’s 2022-23 class. The figure exists — it is withheld, not missing.

Source: California Department of Education, College-Going Rate (DataQuest) ↗, cohort 2022-23, posted 17-Sep-2025. Data file: cgr12mo23.txt ↗ (and the 16-month file ↗). CDE builds the rate by matching California high school completers to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment records; we publish CDE’s aggregates and hold no student-level data.

Student composition — 2023-24

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment.

Race / ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino 75%
Asian 12%
Black / African Am. 12%

Program subgroups

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2023-24 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

Kids show up: 13% are chronically absent versus about 21% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
12.9%
35 of 271 students

Absenteeism is down 5.3 pp since 2018-19. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

San Diego County median
18.8% · school is better than 69% of 208 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
156 (2019) → 235 (2026)
+50.6%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
7 (2019) → 3 (2024)
-57.1%

If this trend holds (+4.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~246 +11 $0
3 yr (2029) ~269 +34 $0
5 yr (2031) ~294 +59 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the San Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

84% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Critical
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -57.1% vs. county +5.6% AND stability (83.5%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem.

-57.1%  senior class, grade 12 (2019–2024)
+5.6%  San Diego County baseline
-62.7pp  gap vs. county
83.5%  retention (county median 88.8%)
Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2019
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
83.5%
233 of 279 students

46 of 279 students who enrolled at Vista Springs Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (16.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.8% · school is in the 29th percentile of 210 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 29th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (206) 85.9%
Socio. disadvantaged (195) 84.6%
English learners (70) 85.7%
White (48) 72.9%
Students w/ disabilities (44) 86.4%

Nearest peer high schools

Audeo Charter Ii 32.9% Twin Oaks High 42.1% North County Trade Tech High 79.6% Bonsall High School 88.5% Major General Raymond Murray High 58.3%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

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Vista Springs Charter is a public high school in Vista, San Diego County, California.

Enrollment was 235 students in 2026, up 51% since 2019.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

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How many students attend Vista Springs Charter? Enrollment was 235 students in 2026, up 51% since 2019.

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