Barona Indian Charter is a K-8 school.

It serves grades K-8 (California Department of Education school directory), so it has no graduating class and there is nothing to measure for UC admissions. Its enrollment, student body and state test results are below.

Barona Indian Charter

Lakeside · San Diego County · Lakeside Union · Public

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How Barona Indian Charter compares for families

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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: 10% are chronically absent versus about 21% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
10.2%
9 of 88 students

Absenteeism is down 13.1 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

San Diego County median
18.8% · school is better than 75% 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
74 (2018)96 (2026)
+29.7%

If this trend holds (-0.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~96 +0 $0
3 yr (2029) ~96 +0 $0
5 yr (2031) ~95 -1 $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 Barona Indian Charter really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Mountain View Learning Academy · Julian Junior High · Limitless Learning Academy · Holly Drive Leadership Academy · Sparrow Academy · All Tribes Elementary Charter · +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 San Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

93% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
93.3%
84 of 90 students

6 of 90 students who enrolled at Barona Indian Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (6.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.8% · school is in the 70th percentile of 210 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 77th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (51) 96.1%
American Indian / AN (37) 94.6%
Students w/ disabilities (33) 90.9%
Hispanic / Latino (27) 96.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Mountain View Learning Academy 69.4% Julian Junior High 83.8% Limitless Learning Academy 64.0% Holly Drive Leadership Academy 72.0% Sparrow Academy 84.8%

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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