Foundations Academy
Mather · CA · Sacramento County Office of Education · Public · K-12 combined
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Sacramento County ROP → New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova → George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science → Sierra School → Mountain Valley School → Cordova High → Capital Christian School → El Centro Jr./Sr. High →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Foundations Academy compares for families
What families should know about Foundations Academy.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Sacramento County ROP, New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova, George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -4.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 171 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento County ROP Sacramento |
Public | 0.0 | — | — |
| New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova Rancho Cordova |
Public · charter | 0.9 | — | — |
| George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science Sacramento |
Public · charter | 1.0 | 174 | -32.8% |
| Sierra School Sacramento |
Private | 2.0 | 65 | -33.7% |
| Mountain Valley School Nevada City |
Private | 2.0 | 16 | — |
| Cordova High Rancho Cordova |
Public | 2.4 | 1,944 | -1.5% |
| Capital Christian School Sacramento |
Private | 2.6 | 677 | -2.0% |
| El Centro Jr./Sr. High Sacramento |
Public | 2.6 | 73 | +32.7% |