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Contra Costa School Of Performing Arts

Walnut Creek · Contra Costa County · Contra Costa County Office of Education · Public

Public Contra Costa County Contra Costa County Office of Education → CDS 0710074…

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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 about half.
About 2 in 3 students read and write at grade level. On the state's own 11th-grade test, 67% met or exceeded the college-readiness bar — well above the state as a whole (statewide: 54%).

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

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California College-Going Rate

63% 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

63%

of 27 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 70.4% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 19 students.

Down 13 points from the 2021-22 class (76%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 12 students (44.4%)

University of California 3.7% 1

California State University 3.7% 1

California Community College 33.3% 9

California private college 3.7% 1

Out of state — 5 students (18.5%)

Out-of-state 4-year 18.5% 5

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 Contra Costa School Of Performing Arts 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 about half statewide.

100%

42 of 42 graduates · 2023-24 cohort

In context: CA median 54.5% · +45.5 pp above · Contra Costa Co. 62.4%.

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 2 in 3 students read and write at grade level — above the state norm.

About 1 in 10 students do math at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 21

66.7%

incl. 38.1% exceeded

+14.9 pts above Contra Costa County median (51.8%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 20

10.0%

incl. 0.0% exceeded

-13.0 pts vs. Contra Costa County median (23.0%) · 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 — 2024-25

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 42% +1.6

White 32% +1.9

Two or more 13%

Black / African Am. 8% -3.3

Not reported 3% +1.7

Asian 2% -1.2

Filipino 1%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 19% -13.2

Students w/ disabilities 12% +3.3

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2024-25 (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.

22% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 23%.

Chronic absent

22.0%

29 of 132 students

Absenteeism is down 10.3 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Contra Costa County median

22.1% · school is better than 53% of 47 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)

420 (2018) → 285 (2025)

-32.1%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

16 (2019) → 23 (2025)

+43.8%

If this trend holds (-5.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2026)	~269	-16	$0
3 yr (2028)	~239	-46	$0
5 yr (2030)	~213	-72	$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 Contra Costa School Of Performing Arts really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Olympic Continuation High · Prospects High (alternative) · Oakland Unity High School · Rudsdale Continuation High · Oakland Charter High School · Oakland International High School · +4 more

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

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

72% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Mixed signal

Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Contra Costa County (+43.8% vs. +8.7%), but 41 of 144 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled?

+43.8% senior class, grade 12 (2019–2025)

+8.7% Contra Costa County baseline

+35.1pp gap vs. county

71.5% retention (county median 89.6%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2019

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

71.5%

103 of 144 students

41 of 144 students who enrolled at Contra Costa School Of Performing Arts this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (28.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Contra Costa County median

89.6% · school is in the 21st percentile of 47 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 23rd percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (138) 71.7%

Socio. disadvantaged (113) 65.5%

White (75) 80.0%

Students w/ disabilities (58) 77.6%

Black / African Am. (37) 75.7%

English learners (32) 81.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Olympic Continuation High 36.1% Prospects High (alternative) 40.3% Oakland Unity High School 92.9% Rudsdale Continuation High 42.1% Oakland Charter High School 95.9%

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.

District financial profile — Contra Costa County Office of Education (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

$101.9M

-10.7% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$272,577

374 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 31.7%
Local: 60.2%
Federal: 8.1%

Instruction share

36.7%

of current spending · $67,868/pupil

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 Contra Costa County Office of Education 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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