Bowman Charter

· Placer County · Ackerman Charter
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Most similar nearby schools

Bear River High School → Horizon Charter School → Colfax High School → Loomis Basin Charter → Placer High School → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for Bowman 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
607 (2018)634 (2026)
+4.4%

If this trend holds (+0.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~637 +3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~644 +10 $0
5 yr (2031) ~651 +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.

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

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

Stability rate
95.1%
588 of 618 students

30 of 618 students who enrolled at Bowman Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (4.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Placer County median
92.4% · school is in the 76th percentile of 33 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 87th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (431) 94.9%
Socio. disadvantaged (241) 94.2%
Hispanic / Latino (111) 96.4%
Students w/ disabilities (82) 89.0%
Two or more races (62) 93.5%
English learners (25) 96.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Bear River High School 92.4% Horizon Charter School 80.8% Colfax High School 92.3% Loomis Basin Charter 94.4% Placer High School 91.0%

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
6.5%
40 of 616 students

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

Placer County median
11.0% · school is better than 78% of 32 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).

Bowman Charter — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.5%/yr); projects to ~644 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

634 students (2026)
~644 projected (2029)
at +0.5%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Bowman Charter Public 634
Peer-group median 4.9% -3%
Bear River High School Public 653 4.6% -15%
Horizon Charter School Public 639 4.9% -3%
Colfax High School Public 602 26.1% -4%
Loomis Basin Charter Public 507
Placer High School Public 1239 10.4% -3%
Harvest Ridge Cooperative Charter Public 368
Newcastle Charter Public 341
Western Sierra Collegiate Academy Public 782 +5%
Sky Mountain Charter School Public 621 3.4% +16%
Grass Valley Charter Public 556

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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