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Dunham Charter

· Sonoma County · Dunham Elementary · Public

Public Sonoma County 🏛 Dunham Elementary → CDS 4970672…
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📘Top 7 ELA proficiency in Sonoma 🧮Top 4 Math proficiency in Sonoma 🧮Top 10% Math proficiency in CA

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Dunham Charter compares for families

What families should know about Dunham Charter.

  • Locally📘 Top 7 in Sonoma County on ELA proficiency — plus 2 more top-ranks.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Cinnabar Charter, Forestville Academy, Tomales High School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

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.

Chronic absent
13.0%
23 of 177 students

Absenteeism is up 7.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Sonoma County median
17.5% · school is better than 78% of 58 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
183 (2018)167 (2026)
-8.7%

If this trend holds (-0.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~166 -1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~165 -2 $0
5 yr (2031) ~163 -4 $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.

Dunham Charter — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-1.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~161 by 2029 — about 6 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

167 students (2026)
~161 projected (2029)
at -1.1%/yr

That's about 6 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Score Enroll. trend
Dunham Charter Public 167
Peer-group median 12 +28%
Cinnabar Charter Public 151
Forestville Academy Public 160
Tomales High School Public 134 12 +28%
Salmon Creek School - A Charter Public 139
Twin Hills Charter Middle Public 252
River Montessori Elementary Charter Public 141
Kid Street Charter Public 122
Piner-Olivet Charter Public 204
Sunridge Charter Public 263
Village Charter Public 122

UC Reach Score = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100 when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

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

Stability rate
90.1%
164 of 182 students

18 of 182 students who enrolled at Dunham Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Sonoma County median
92.0% · school is in the 29th percentile of 59 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 59th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (133) 89.5%
Socio. disadvantaged (54) 90.7%
Hispanic / Latino (34) 94.1%
Students w/ disabilities (23) 95.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Cinnabar Charter 88.6% Forestville Academy 89.0% Tomales High School 95.3% Salmon Creek School - A Charter 86.2% Twin Hills Charter Middle 96.2%

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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  • Your 5-year enrollment forecast (currently -0.4%/yr) with the revenue at stake
  • Student-retention benchmarking vs your county median — and the LCAP evidence to back your goals
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