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Matt Garcia Career And College Academy

Fairfield · Solano County · Fairfield-Suisun Unified · Public

Public Solano County Fairfield-Suisun Unified → CDS 4870540…

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Programs & features

Gifted & talented program

Academic signals

AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

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.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

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Student-Counselor Ratio ⓘ

Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 203 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.

203:1

1.0 FTE counselors · 203 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 134 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism — 2023-24

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.

18% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 22%.

Chronic absent

18.3%

37 of 202 students

Absenteeism is in the typical CA HS range. Worth monitoring alongside the demand and retention signals above.

Solano County median

29.7% · school is better than 76% of 33 HS

Statewide median

21.9%

Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2023-24. 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)

239 (2018) → 203 (2026)

-15.1%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

5 (2018) → 7 (2019)

+40.0%

If this trend holds (-1.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~200	-3	$0
3 yr (2029)	~194	-9	$0
5 yr (2031)	~188	-15	$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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Ernest Kimme Charter Academy · Sem Yeto Continuation High · Griffin Academy High School · Olympic Continuation High · Black Diamond High (continuation) · Valley Oak High · +4 more

Enrollment stability & demand — 2023-24

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

Families don't leave: 98% of students who start the year finish it here — top-tier retention statewide.

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Best in class — winning on demand and retention.

Matt Garcia Career And College Academy outperformed Solano County on enrollment (school +40.0% vs. county -3.3%) AND maintains 98.5% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

+40.0% senior class, grade 12 (2018–2019)

-3.3% Solano County baseline

+43.3pp gap vs. county

98.5% retention (county median 84.9%)

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

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

98.5%

199 of 202 students

3 of 202 students who enrolled at Matt Garcia Career And College Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (1.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Solano County median

84.9% · school is in the 100th percentile of 35 HS

Statewide median

87.9% · in the 99th percentile of 2,715 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (178) 98.3%

Hispanic / Latino (148) 98.6%

English learners (54) 100.0%

Students w/ disabilities (30) 96.7%

Black / African Am. (22) 95.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Ernest Kimme Charter Academy 51.6% Sem Yeto Continuation High 43.6% Griffin Academy High School 87.6% Olympic Continuation High 38.3% Black Diamond High (continuation) 41.1%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2023-24. 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 — Fairfield-Suisun 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

$306.4M

+15.1% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$14,800

20,703 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 59.6%
Local: 30.9%
Federal: 9.5%

Instruction share

56.1%

of current spending · $6,930/pupil

Long-term debt

$282.3M

+89.8% 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 Fairfield-Suisun 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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Matt Garcia Career And College Academy is a public high school in Fairfield, Solano County, California.

It has about 203 students per school counselor.

Enrollment was 203 students in 2026, down 15% since 2018.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

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How many students attend Matt Garcia Career And College Academy? Enrollment was 203 students in 2026, down 15% since 2018.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.