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Adelante Charter

· Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara Unified · Public

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How Adelante Charter compares for families

What families should know about Adelante Charter.

  • Locally📘 Top 10 in Santa Barbara County on ELA proficiency — plus 2 more top-ranks.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: La Cumbre Junior High, Santa Barbara Community Academy, Santa Barbara Charter and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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: 12% are chronically absent versus about 21% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
12.5%
39 of 311 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

Santa Barbara County median
18.9% · school is better than 90% of 31 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
288 (2018)304 (2026)
+5.6%

If this trend holds (+0.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~306 +2 $0
3 yr (2029) ~310 +6 $0
5 yr (2031) ~314 +10 $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.

How does Adelante Charter really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

La Cumbre Junior High · Santa Barbara Community Academy · Santa Barbara Charter · Santa Barbara Junior High · Peabody Charter · Carpinteria High School · +4 more

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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 Santa Barbara County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Families don't leave: 96% of students who start the year finish it here — top-tier retention statewide.
Stability rate
96.2%
301 of 313 students

12 of 313 students who enrolled at Adelante Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (3.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Santa Barbara County median
91.5% · school is in the 97th percentile of 31 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 92nd percentile of 2,649 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (259) 95.8%
Socio. disadvantaged (229) 95.2%
English learners (138) 94.2%
Students w/ disabilities (45) 95.6%
White (40) 97.5%

Nearest peer high schools

La Cumbre Junior High 94.4% Santa Barbara Community Academy 90.5% Santa Barbara Charter 93.2% Santa Barbara Junior High 92.6% Peabody Charter 96.2%

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.

District financial profile — Santa Barbara Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$237.1M
+7.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$17,979
13,188 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 18.6%
Local: 72.5%
Federal: 8.9%
Instruction share
54.4%
of current spending · $8,136/pupil
Long-term debt
$322.8M
+26.5% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Santa Barbara Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

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