Discovery 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.

Discovery Charter

Chula Vista · San Diego County · Chula Vista Elementary · Public

Public San Diego County Chula Vista Elementary → CDS 3768023…

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Top 5% Math proficiency in CA Top 9 Math proficiency in San Diego

How Discovery Charter compares for families

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▸ Locally🧮 Top 5% in California on Math proficiency — plus 1 more top-rank.
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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: 3% are chronically absent versus about 21% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.

Chronic absent

3.3%

32 of 979 students

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

San Diego County median

18.8% · school is better than 94% 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

953 (2018) → 940 (2026)

-1.4%

If this trend holds (+0.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~944	+4	$0
3 yr (2029)	~953	+13	$0
5 yr (2031)	~963	+23	$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 Discovery Charter really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Arroyo Vista Charter · Feaster (mae L.) Charter · La Mesa Arts Academy · Nestor Language Academy Charter · Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, And Math Academy At La Presa · Granger Junior High · +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 San Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

94% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Stability rate

94.0%

930 of 989 students

59 of 989 students who enrolled at Discovery Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (6.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median

88.8% · school is in the 76th percentile of 210 HS

Statewide median

88.7% · in the 81st percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (681) 95.0%

Socio. disadvantaged (328) 90.9%

English learners (131) 89.3%

Filipino (109) 95.4%

Students w/ disabilities (99) 91.9%

White (79) 93.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Arroyo Vista Charter 96.4% Feaster (mae L.) Charter 85.8% La Mesa Arts Academy 94.9% Nestor Language Academy Charter 97.5% Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, And Math Academy At La Presa 81.3%

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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