Old Adobe Elementary Charter is a K-6 school.

It serves grades K-6 (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.

Old Adobe Elementary Charter

Petaluma · Sonoma County · Old Adobe Union · Public

Public Sonoma County Old Adobe Union → CDS 4970847…
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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 Old Adobe Elementary Charter compares for families

What families should know about Old Adobe Elementary Charter.

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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 Old Adobe Elementary Charter has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
Each counselor juggles about 670 students — above the level experts recommend. Ask how junior-year college advising is handled.
670:1
0.4 FTE counselors · 268 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 333 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: 11% are chronically absent versus about 21% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.
Chronic absent
11.0%
32 of 291 students

Absenteeism is up 4.7 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Sonoma County median
17.5% · school is better than 84% of 58 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
348 (2018)268 (2026)
-23.0%

If this trend holds (-3.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~259 -9 $0
3 yr (2029) ~241 -27 $0
5 yr (2031) ~225 -43 $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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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Sonoma 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
91.8%
269 of 293 students

24 of 293 students who enrolled at Old Adobe Elementary Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (8.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Sonoma County median
92.0% · school is in the 44th percentile of 59 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 69th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

White (198) 91.9%
Socio. disadvantaged (109) 92.7%
Hispanic / Latino (76) 90.8%
Students w/ disabilities (40) 92.5%
English learners (21) 100.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Miwok Valley Elementary Charter 93.6% Live Oak Charter 94.0% Sonoma Charter 92.4% Woodland Star Charter 88.8% Loma Vista Immersion Academy 95.4%

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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