Lighthouse Community 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.

Lighthouse Community Charter

Oakland · Alameda County · Oakland Unified · Public

Public Alameda County Oakland Unified → CDS 0161259…
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How Lighthouse Community Charter compares for families

What families should know about Lighthouse Community Charter.

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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.

29% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~21%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.
Chronic absent
29.3%
166 of 567 students

Absenteeism is up 21.2 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Alameda County median
25.1% · school is worse than 58% of 110 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
507 (2018)588 (2026)
+16.0%

If this trend holds (+1.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~599 +11 $0
3 yr (2029) ~621 +33 $0
5 yr (2031) ~644 +56 $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.

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Achieve Academy · Lockwood Steam Academy Elementary · Lazear Charter Academy · Highland Community · Melrose Leadership Academy · KIPP Bridge Academy · +4 more

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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 Alameda County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

92% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
91.7%
528 of 576 students

48 of 576 students who enrolled at Lighthouse Community Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (8.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Alameda County median
89.9% · school is in the 61st percentile of 111 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 68th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (534) 91.9%
Hispanic / Latino (504) 93.1%
English learners (272) 93.4%
Students w/ disabilities (111) 94.6%
Black / African Am. (31) 77.4%

Nearest peer high schools

Achieve Academy 89.9% Lockwood Steam Academy Elementary 82.7% Lazear Charter Academy 93.5% Highland Community 87.6% Melrose Leadership Academy 96.1%

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 — Oakland 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
$889.6M
+20.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$25,065
35,489 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 43.4%
Local: 41.5%
Federal: 15.1%
Instruction share
58.3%
of current spending · $11,001/pupil
Long-term debt
$998.6M
+10.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Oakland 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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