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Highlands Community Charter

Sacramento · Sacramento County · Twin Rivers Unified · Public

Public Sacramento County Twin Rivers Unified → CDS 3476505…

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California College-Going Rate

17.6% 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

17.6%

of 165 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 23% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 38 students.

Up 1.8 points from the 2021-22 class (15.8%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 26 students (15.8%)

University of California 0.0% 0

California State University 0.0% 0

California Community College 15.8% 26

California private college 0.0% 0

Out of state — 3 students (1.8%)

Out-of-state 4-year 1.8% 3

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 Highlands Community Charter has a UC admissions record.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Fewer than 1 in 10 graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.

2 of 131 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · -54.4 pp vs. median · Sacramento Co. 51.2%.

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

White 50% -4.0

Asian 29% +7.9

Hispanic / Latino 13% -4.4

Two or more 7% +1.3

Black / African Am. 1%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 100% +2.6

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.

95% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

95.3%

14,166 of 14,871 students

Absenteeism is up 10.6 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Sacramento County median

25.8% · school is worse than 99% of 76 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)

1,856 (2018) → 487 (2026)

-73.8%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

358 (2018) → 82 (2026)

-77.1%

If this trend holds (+4.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~510	+23	$0
3 yr (2029)	~558	+71	$0
5 yr (2031)	~611	+124	$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 Highlands Community Charter 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 Sacramento County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

42% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.

Critical

Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -77.1% vs. county +3.3% AND stability (41.5%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 95.3% (up +10.6 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-77.1% senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)

+3.3% Sacramento County baseline

-80.4pp gap vs. county

41.5% retention (county median 81.2%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2018

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

41.5%

6,785 of 16,345 students

9,560 of 16,345 students who enrolled at Highlands Community Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (58.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Sacramento County median

81.2% · school is in the 19th percentile of 78 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 13th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (15,042) 44.2%

White (7,208) 43.2%

Asian (4,035) 48.3%

Hispanic / Latino (2,783) 25.8%

Two or more races (1,720) 50.8%

Black / African Am. (279) 20.4%

Nearest peer high schools

Aspire Alexander Twilight Scnd 82.4% Marconi Learning Academy 46.3% Futures High School 79.4% San Juan High School 70.8% Umoja International Academy 93.0%

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 — Twin Rivers Unified (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

$536.8M

+15.0% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$21,914

24,497 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 61.8%
Local: 18.8%
Federal: 19.4%

Instruction share

56.3%

of current spending · $9,076/pupil

Long-term debt

$362.4M

0.0% since FY2017

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 Twin Rivers Unified 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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