Horizon Charter School

Lincoln · Placer County · Public

Public Placer County ~192 seniors CDS 3166951…

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Top 25% Math · SBAC (CA) Top 2 Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) in Placer Top 10% Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) in CA

A parent's read

About 2 in 3 students read and write at grade level. On the state's own 11th-grade test, 64% met or exceeded the college-readiness bar — well above the state as a whole (statewide: 54%).
Kids actually show up. Only 5% of students are chronically absent, versus about 23% statewide — day-to-day engagement most schools would envy.
Most grads aim beyond the UC system. Seniors file only ~0.0 UC applications each — families here mostly target CSU, private, or out-of-state colleges, so judge this school on more than its UC numbers.
One question for any counselor: who should still test? Plenty of strong students skip the SAT/ACT now — but merit scholarships at dozens of colleges still key off scores. Ask how the school decides who should still sit for one.

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

California College-Going Rate

49.3% 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

49.3%

of 150 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 54% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 81 students.

Up 12.3 points from the 2021-22 class (37%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 67 students (44.7%)

University of California 0.7% 1

California State University 5.3% 8

California Community College 37.3% 56

California private college 1.3% 2

Out of state — 7 students (4.7%)

Out-of-state 4-year 4.0% 6

Out-of-state 2-year 0.7% 1

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.

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How Horizon Charter School compares for families

What families should know about Horizon Charter School.

▸ Locally🎯 Top 2 in Placer County on Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) — plus 1 more top-rank.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Western Sierra Collegiate Academy, Lincoln High School, Creative Connections Arts Academy and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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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 4 in 10 students do math at grade level — the top quarter of California high schools.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 146

64.4%

incl. 29.4% exceeded

-2.9 pts vs. Placer County median (67.3%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 145

39.3%

incl. 15.2% exceeded

On the Placer County median (40.2%) · 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 — 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 56% +7.5

Hispanic / Latino 21% -9.4

Two or more 9%

Asian 5% +1.8

Black / African Am. 5%

Not reported 1% -1.0

Filipino 1%

Pacific Islander 1%

American Indian 1%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 51% -1.4

Students w/ disabilities 25% +2.7

English learners 9% +5.1

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.

Kids show up: 5% are chronically absent versus about 23% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.

Chronic absent

5.2%

36 of 693 students

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

Placer County median

15.1% · school is better than 100% of 22 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)

635 (2024) → 639 (2026)

+0.6%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

205 (2024) → 198 (2026)

-3.4%

If this trend holds (+0.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~641	+2	$0
3 yr (2029)	~645	+6	$0
5 yr (2031)	~649	+10	$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 Horizon Charter School really compare on getting kids to college?

We've ranked it #6 of 8 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.

The full head-to-head table — every peer school's UC Reach, side by side.

Enrollment trend + 3-year projection — is this school growing or quietly shrinking?

The plain-English read on what it all means for your family.

Your similar-school group includes

Western Sierra Collegiate Academy · Lincoln High School · Creative Connections Arts Academy · San Juan High School · Highlands High School · Mesa Verde 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 Placer County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

81% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Critical

Bleeding from both ends.

Enrollment down 3.4% vs. county -0.7%, AND stability (80.8%) below the county median. Fewer families are choosing the school, and the ones who do aren't staying through year-end.

-3.4% senior class, grade 12 (2024–2026)

-0.7% Placer County baseline

-2.7pp gap vs. county

80.8% retention (county median 90.8%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2024

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

80.8%

575 of 712 students

137 of 712 students who enrolled at Horizon Charter School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (19.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Placer County median

90.8% · school is in the 26th percentile of 23 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 30th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (1,120) 77.7%

White (1,026) 78.0%

Hispanic / Latino (465) 76.8%

Students w/ disabilities (389) 80.2%

Two or more races (219) 81.3%

English learners (148) 77.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Western Sierra Collegiate Academy 98.3% Lincoln High School 90.5% Creative Connections Arts Academy 87.4% San Juan High School 70.8% Highlands High School 78.4%

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.

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

6 applications

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · higher than 0% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 6 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of — admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 192 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Only 4 in 10 graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.

39%

56 of 145 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · -17.3 pp vs. median · Placer Co. 67.3%.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

192

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

646

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.79

UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA

Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.

Who's actually getting into UC from Horizon Charter School

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UC Davis	Strong shot	Strong shot	Real shot	Filtered out

Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC Davis (2024)	4.10	4.23	+0.13	54.5%	Peers +0.16 · matches

Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)

GPA band	UCB	UCLA	UCSD	UCSB	UCI	UCD
4.00+	17.0%	15.1%	45.2%	62.3%	46.3%	65.9%
3.70–3.99	3.1%	1.6%	9.3%	17.6%	17.0%	31.1%
3.30–3.69	0.8%	0.5%	1.5%	2.8%	2.4%	10.3%
3.00–3.29	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	1.9%
< 3.00	0.7%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.7%

How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2020–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Davis →	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.79	—^†

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A relatively small share of the senior class is entering the UC application pipeline. This may signal limited A-G completion, UC awareness gaps, or counseling capacity constraints. Broadening access is the highest-leverage opportunity for this school.

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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