Blue Oak Charter

· Butte County · Chico Unified
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Inspire School Of Arts And Sciences → Fair View High (continuation) → Paradise Junior High → Achieve Charter School Of Paradise Inc. → Children's Community Charter → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for Blue Oak 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
375 (2018)197 (2026)
-47.5%

If this trend holds (-7.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~182 -15 $0
3 yr (2029) ~155 -42 $0
5 yr (2031) ~132 -65 $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 Butte County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
77.9%
194 of 249 students

55 of 249 students who enrolled at Blue Oak Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (22.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Butte County median
85.4% · school is in the 32nd percentile of 25 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 20th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (173) 74.0%
White (126) 82.5%
Hispanic / Latino (70) 74.3%
Students w/ disabilities (52) 78.8%
Two or more races (37) 70.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Inspire School Of Arts And Sciences 86.4% Fair View High (continuation) 30.3% Paradise Junior High 73.7% Achieve Charter School Of Paradise Inc. 74.6% Children's Community Charter 86.0%

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
35.5%
86 of 242 students

Absenteeism is up 9.3 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Butte County median
20.8% · school is worse than 80% of 25 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 — Chico 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
$195.1M
+9.7% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$16,379
11,911 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 48.2%
Local: 40.3%
Federal: 11.5%
Instruction share
59.6%
of current spending · $8,696/pupil
Long-term debt
$159.8M
+67.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Chico 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).

Blue Oak Charter — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-7.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~155 by 2029 — about 42 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

197 students (2026)
~155 projected (2029)
at -7.7%/yr

That's about 42 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Blue Oak Charter Public 197
Peer-group median 9.1% +11%
Inspire School Of Arts And Sciences Public 299 12.5% -18%
Fair View High (continuation) Public 100 -20%
Paradise Junior High Public 223
Achieve Charter School Of Paradise Inc. Public 169
Children's Community Charter Public 220
Hamilton High Public 320 +42%
Durham High School Public 326 5.6% +33%
Hometech Charter Public 145 +41%
Inspire School of Arts and Sci Public
Core Butte Charter School Public 405 -11%

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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