Adelante Charter

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No UC admissions data on file for Adelante Charter.

This school doesn't appear in UCOP's source-school records (it may send few or no applicants to UC). Its enrollment trend and similar-school comparison are still below.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
288 (2018)304 (2026)
+5.6%

If this trend holds (+0.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~306 +2 $0
3 yr (2029) ~310 +6 $0
5 yr (2031) ~314 +10 $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.

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Santa Barbara County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
96.2%
301 of 313 students

12 of 313 students who enrolled at Adelante Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (3.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Santa Barbara County median
91.5% · school is in the 97th percentile of 31 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 92nd percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (259) 95.8%
Socio. disadvantaged (229) 95.2%
English learners (138) 94.2%
Students w/ disabilities (45) 95.6%
White (40) 97.5%

Nearest peer high schools

La Cumbre Junior High 94.4% Santa Barbara Community Academy 90.5% Santa Barbara Charter 93.2% Santa Barbara Junior High 92.6% Peabody Charter 96.2%

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.

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.

Chronic absent
12.5%
39 of 311 students

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

Santa Barbara County median
18.9% · school is better than 90% of 31 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).

District financial profile — Santa Barbara Unified (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
$237.1M
+7.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$17,979
13,188 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 18.6%
Local: 72.5%
Federal: 8.9%
Instruction share
54.4%
of current spending · $8,136/pupil
Long-term debt
$322.8M
+26.5% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Santa Barbara Unified 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).

Adelante Charter — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.7%/yr); projects to ~310 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

304 students (2026)
~310 projected (2029)
at +0.7%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Adelante Charter Public 304
Peer-group median 20.7% +1%
La Cumbre Junior High Public 410
Santa Barbara Community Academy Public 208
Santa Barbara Charter Public 257
Santa Barbara Junior High Public 540
Peabody Charter Public 790
Carpinteria High School Public 596 20.7% +1%
Nordhoff Jr. High Public 291
La Colina Junior High Public 783
Goleta Valley Junior High Public 729
Ventura Charter School Of Arts And Global Education Public 461

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

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