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Alder Grove Charter School 2

Eureka · Humboldt County · South Bay Union Elementary · Public

Public Humboldt County South Bay Union Elementary → CDS 1263032…
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#1 Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) in Humboldt Top 5% Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) in CA

How Alder Grove Charter School 2 compares for families

What families should know about Alder Grove Charter School 2.

  • Locally🎯 #1 in Humboldt County on Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) — plus 1 more top-rank.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Northern United - Humboldt Charter, McKinleyville High School, Eureka Senior High School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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California College-Going Rate

31.4% of the 2022-23 graduating class enrolled in college within a year.

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.

Within 12 months
31.4%
of 51 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 39.2% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 20 students.

Up 2.8 points from the 2021-22 class (28.6%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 15 students (29.4%)

University of California 0.0% 0
California State University 7.8% 4
California Community College 21.6% 11
California private college 0.0% 0

Out of state — 1 students (2.0%)

Out-of-state 4-year 2.0% 1
Out-of-state 2-year 0.0% 0

CDE puts each graduate in one bucket only — whichever kind of college they were enrolled in longest — so these add up to the rate above. That is a different count from the UC Reach Score on this page, which counts a student at every UC campus that admitted them.

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.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Alder Grove Charter School 2 has a UC admissions record.

A-G Completion
Only 1 in 3 graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.
30%
10 of 33 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · -25.6 pp vs. median · Humboldt Co. 40.0%.

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

About half of students read and write at grade level — about the state norm.
About 1 in 5 students do math at grade level — about the state norm.
ELA — met or exceeded
n = 33
54.5%
incl. 12.1% exceeded
+8.6 pts above Humboldt County median (45.9%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 33
18.2%
incl. 6.1% exceeded
-2.8 pts vs. Humboldt County median (21.0%) · CA median 21.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

White 62% -1.4
Hispanic / Latino 21% +4.4
Two or more 12% -2.1
American Indian 4% -1.4
Black / African Am. 1%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 63% -5.0
Students w/ disabilities 18% +10.4

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (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: grades 9–12.

Kids show up: 1% are chronically absent versus about 23% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
0.6%
1 of 160 students

Absenteeism is down 3.4 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Humboldt County median
26.6% · school is better than 100% of 11 HS
Statewide median
22.8%
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)
443 (2018)503 (2026)
+13.5%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
52 (2018)32 (2026)
-38.5%

If this trend holds (+0.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~506 +3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~513 +10 $0
5 yr (2031) ~520 +17 $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 Alder Grove Charter School 2 really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Northern United - Humboldt Charter · McKinleyville High School · Eureka Senior High School · Eureka Senior High · Arcata High School · Redwood Coast Montessori · +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 Humboldt County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

85% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Critical
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -38.5% vs. county +41.0% AND stability (84.6%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem.

-38.5%  senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)
+41.0%  Humboldt County baseline
-79.5pp  gap vs. county
84.6%  retention (county median 88.7%)
Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
84.6%
137 of 162 students

25 of 162 students who enrolled at Alder Grove Charter School 2 this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (15.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Humboldt County median
88.7% · school is in the 33rd percentile of 12 HS
Statewide median
87.3% · in the 39th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (376) 79.0%
White (347) 83.0%
Students w/ disabilities (98) 79.6%
Hispanic / Latino (97) 81.4%
Two or more races (87) 66.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Northern United - Humboldt Charter 73.4% McKinleyville High School 87.1% Eureka Senior High 89.5% Arcata High School 89.3%

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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