Newcastle 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.

Newcastle Charter

Newcastle · Placer County · Newcastle Elementary · Public

Public Placer County Newcastle Elementary → CDS 3166852…
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Top 9 Math proficiency in Placer

At a glance

Programs & features
  • Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

How Newcastle Charter compares for families

What families should know about Newcastle Charter.

  • Locally🧮 Top 9 in Placer County on Math proficiency.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Harvest Ridge Cooperative Charter, Willma Cavitt Junior High, Maria Montessori Charter Academy and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
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

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Newcastle Charter has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
Each counselor juggles about 541 students — above the level experts recommend. Ask how junior-year college advising is handled.
541:1
0.63 FTE counselors · 341 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 204 more students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

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.

Kids show up: 3% are chronically absent versus about 21% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
2.7%
9 of 338 students

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

Placer County median
11.0% · school is better than 91% of 32 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
303 (2018)341 (2026)
+12.5%

If this trend holds (+2.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~349 +8 $0
3 yr (2029) ~367 +26 $0
5 yr (2031) ~385 +44 $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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Your similar-school group includes

Harvest Ridge Cooperative Charter · Willma Cavitt Junior High · Maria Montessori Charter Academy · Ophir Steam Academy · Loomis Basin Charter · Olympus Junior High · +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 Placer 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: 96% of students who start the year finish it here — top-tier retention statewide.
Stability rate
96.5%
328 of 340 students

12 of 340 students who enrolled at Newcastle Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (3.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Placer County median
92.4% · school is in the 88th percentile of 33 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 94th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

White (247) 96.8%
Socio. disadvantaged (66) 97.0%
Hispanic / Latino (51) 100.0%
Students w/ disabilities (34) 88.2%
Two or more races (32) 87.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Harvest Ridge Cooperative Charter 96.6% Willma Cavitt Junior High 96.1% Maria Montessori Charter Academy 93.5% Ophir Steam Academy 91.7% Loomis Basin Charter 94.4%

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.

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