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Barona Indian Charter

· San Diego County · Lakeside Union · Public

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📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

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

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How Barona Indian Charter compares for families

What families should know about Barona Indian Charter.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Montecito High (continuation), Poway To Palomar Middle College High, Merit Academy and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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
10.2%
9 of 88 students

Absenteeism is down 13.1 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

San Diego County median
18.9% · school is better than 76% of 205 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
74 (2018)96 (2026)
+29.7%

If this trend holds (+3.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~99 +3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~106 +10 $0
5 yr (2031) ~113 +17 $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.

Barona Indian Charter — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+3.3%/yr); projects to ~106 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

96 students (2026)
~106 projected (2029)
at +3.3%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Barona Indian Charter Public 96
Peer-group median 12.5% -13%
Montecito High (continuation) Public 93 -6%
Poway To Palomar Middle College High Public 96 23.9% +32%
Merit Academy Public 72 +0%
Idea Center High School Public 129 -25%
Mountain View Learning Academy Public 62
River Valley Charter School Public 170 11.1% -10%
Mountain Valley Academy Public 174 -48%
Audeo Charter School Iii Public 148 -15%
Sparrow Academy Public 174
Grossmont Middle College Hs Public 47 12.5% -56%

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 →

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

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

Stability rate
93.3%
84 of 90 students

6 of 90 students who enrolled at Barona Indian Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (6.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.7% · school is in the 71st percentile of 207 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 77th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (51) 96.1%
American Indian / AN (37) 94.6%
Students w/ disabilities (33) 90.9%
Hispanic / Latino (27) 96.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Montecito High (continuation) 51.2% Poway To Palomar Middle College High 89.4% Merit Academy 66.7% Idea Center High School 55.5% Mountain View Learning Academy 69.4%

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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