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Stanislaus Alternative Charter

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How Stanislaus Alternative Charter compares for families

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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 66%
White 20%
Black / African Am. 6% +1.0
Asian 3%
American Indian 2%
Two or more 1%
Not reported 1%
Filipino 0%
Pacific Islander 0%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 78% +12.5
Homeless 11% +6.6
English learners 4%
Socioeconomically disadv. 3%

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.

62% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.
Chronic absent
62.0%
567 of 915 students

Absenteeism is up 28.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Stanislaus County median
22.2% · school is worse than 83% of 30 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
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 (9–12)
587 (2018)565 (2026)
-3.7%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
587 (2018)182 (2026)
-69.0%

If this trend holds (-0.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~562 -3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~556 -9 $0
5 yr (2031) ~549 -16 $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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Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy · Connecting Waters Charter School - Central Valley · Waterford High School · Riverbank High School · Connecting Waters Charter Sch · Escalon Charter 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 Stanislaus County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

28% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.
Critical
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -69.0% vs. county +2.3% AND stability (27.7%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 62.0% (up +28.0 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-69.0%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+2.3%  Stanislaus County baseline
-71.3pp  gap vs. county
27.7%  retention (county median 87.8%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
27.7%
305 of 1,100 students

795 of 1,100 students who enrolled at Stanislaus Alternative Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (72.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Stanislaus County median
87.8% · school is in the 3rd percentile of 31 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 5th percentile of 1,689 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (728) 26.4%
Socio. disadvantaged (396) 22.0%
White (229) 30.1%
English learners (61) 24.6%
Black / African Am. (60) 35.0%
Students w/ disabilities (56) 19.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy 90.8% Connecting Waters Charter School - Central Valley 93.5% Waterford High School 89.4% Riverbank High School 91.6% Connecting Waters Charter Sch 74.9%

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 — Stanislaus County Office of Education (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
$273.1M
+19.0% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$334,703
816 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 37.6%
Local: 39.9%
Federal: 22.4%
Instruction share
38.3%
of current spending · $57,377/pupil
Long-term debt
$1.5M
-39.6% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Stanislaus County Office of Education 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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