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Mueller Charter (robert L.)

Chula Vista · San Diego County · Chula Vista Elementary · Public

Public San Diego County Chula Vista Elementary → CDS 3768023…
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A parent's read

  • About 2 in 3 students read and write at grade level. On the state's own 11th-grade test, 67% met or exceeded the college-readiness bar — well above the state as a whole (statewide: 54%).
  • Families don't leave. 95% of students who start the year here finish it here — top-tier retention statewide. Kids stay; that tells you something no test score does.

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

How Mueller Charter (robert L.) compares for families

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  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Montgomery High School, Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School, Southwest Senior High and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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California College-Going Rate

72.3% 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
72.3%
of 130 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 74.6% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 97 students.

Up 7.6 points from the 2021-22 class (64.7%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 87 students (66.9%)

University of California 5.4% 7
California State University 7.7% 10
California Community College 47.7% 62
California private college 6.2% 8

Out of state — 7 students (5.4%)

Out-of-state 4-year 5.4% 7
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 Mueller Charter (robert L.) has a UC admissions record.

A-G Completion
About half of graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.
46%
54 of 118 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · -10.1 pp vs. median · San Diego Co. 63.4%.

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 1 in 4 students do math at grade level — about the state norm.
ELA — met or exceeded
n = 133
66.9%
incl. 33.1% exceeded
+5.7 pts above San Diego County median (61.2%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 133
26.3%
incl. 10.5% exceeded
+1.7 pts above San Diego County median (24.6%) · 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

Hispanic / Latino 94%
White 2% -1.4
Filipino 2%
Two or more 2%
Black / African Am. 1%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 70% -1.8
English learners 22% -2.9
Students w/ disabilities 12%

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.

18% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 23%.
Chronic absent
18.5%
102 of 550 students

Absenteeism is up 10.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Diego County median
18.7% · school is better than 52% of 120 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)
1,477 (2018)1,558 (2026)
+5.5%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
81 (2018)133 (2026)
+64.2%

If this trend holds (+0.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~1,559 +1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~1,560 +2 $0
5 yr (2031) ~1,562 +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.

How does Mueller Charter (robert L.) really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Montgomery High School · Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School · Southwest Senior High · Chula Vista Senior High School · Chula Vista Senior High · Hilltop High School · +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 San Diego 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: 95% of students who start the year finish it here — top-tier retention statewide.
Healthy
Best in class — winning on demand and retention.

Mueller Charter (robert L.) outperformed San Diego County on enrollment (school +64.2% vs. county -6.9%) AND maintains 95.3% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

+64.2%  senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)
-6.9%  San Diego County baseline
+71.1pp  gap vs. county
95.3%  retention (county median 88.5%)
Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
95.3%
528 of 554 students

26 of 554 students who enrolled at Mueller Charter (robert L.) this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (4.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.5% · school is in the 89th percentile of 124 HS
Statewide median
87.3% · in the 90th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (1,477) 94.4%
Socio. disadvantaged (1,299) 94.0%
English learners (674) 93.3%
Students w/ disabilities (180) 94.4%
White (56) 89.3%
Two or more races (25) 84.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Montgomery High School 87.4% Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School 98.0% Southwest Senior High 89.0% Chula Vista Senior High 85.8%

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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