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Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy

Modesto · Stanislaus County · Modesto City High · Public

Public Stanislaus County Modesto City High → CDS 5071175…
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A parent's read

  • Almost all graduates leave eligible for UC and CSU. 100% finish the A-G courses California's universities require before a student can even apply — most California schools manage about 6 in 10.
  • Worth asking about: attendance. 35% of students are chronically absent — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement; absenteeism is usually the earliest warning light.

Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.

How Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy compares for families

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  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Stanislaus Alternative Charter, Connecting Waters Charter School - Central Valley, Riverbank High School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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California College-Going Rate

60.4% 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
60.4%
of 48 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 60.4% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 29 students.

Down 7.5 points from the 2021-22 class (67.9%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 28 students (58.3%)

University of California 8.3% 4
California State University 27.1% 13
California Community College 14.6% 7
California private college 8.3% 4

Out of state — 1 students (2.1%)

Out-of-state 4-year 2.1% 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 Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy has a UC admissions record.

A-G Completion
Most graduates leave here ready to apply to UC and CSU — almost all finish the required courses, versus about 6 in 10 statewide.
100%
43 of 43 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · +44.1 pp above · Stanislaus Co. 41.3%.

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 6 in 10 students read and write at grade level — above the state norm.
About 1 in 10 students do math at grade level — about the state norm.
ELA — met or exceeded
n = 67
59.7%
incl. 17.9% exceeded
+10.0 pts above Stanislaus County median (49.7%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 67
16.4%
incl. 6.0% exceeded
-3.5 pts vs. Stanislaus County median (19.9%) · 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

Hispanic / Latino 82% +5.0
White 6% -2.1
Not reported 5% -1.9
Asian 4%
Black / African Am. 2%
Two or more 1%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 62% -6.4
English learners 18%
Students w/ disabilities 11% +5.0

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.

35% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.
Chronic absent
34.8%
94 of 270 students

Absenteeism is up 4.7 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Stanislaus County median
22.2% · school is worse than 73% of 30 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)
355 (2018)654 (2026)
+84.2%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
23 (2018)67 (2026)
+191.3%

If this trend holds (+7.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~701 +47 $0
3 yr (2029) ~806 +152 $0
5 yr (2031) ~926 +272 $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 Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy really compare on getting kids to college?

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

91% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Healthy
Best in class — winning on demand and retention.

Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy outperformed Stanislaus County on enrollment (school +191.3% vs. county +2.3%) AND maintains 90.8% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working. Chronic absenteeism is rising (27.4%, +-2.7 pts since 2016-17) — a watch signal worth monitoring as a leading indicator.

+191.3%  senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)
+2.3%  Stanislaus County baseline
+189.0pp  gap vs. county
90.8%  retention (county median 87.8%)
Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
90.8%
256 of 282 students

26 of 282 students who enrolled at Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Stanislaus County median
87.8% · school is in the 81st percentile of 31 HS
Statewide median
87.3% · in the 69th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (522) 91.8%
Socio. disadvantaged (522) 91.0%
English learners (188) 89.9%
Students w/ disabilities (103) 92.2%
White (36) 97.2%
Asian (20) 95.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Stanislaus Alternative Charter 27.7% Connecting Waters Charter School - Central Valley 93.5% Riverbank High School 91.6% Connecting Waters - East Bay 74.9% Hughson High School 91.9%

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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