California Innovative Career Academy

· Sacramento County · Twin Rivers Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for California Innovative Career Academy.

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 (9–12)
169 (2020)800 (2026)
+373.4%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
140 (2020)191 (2026)
+36.4%

If this trend holds (+29.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~1,037 +237 $0
3 yr (2029) ~1,741 +941 $0
5 yr (2031) ~2,923 +2123 $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 Sacramento County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Mixed signal
Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Sacramento County (+36.4% vs. -2.3%), but 2295 of 3299 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 65.9% (up +65.9 pts from 2020-21) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+36.4%  school enrollment (2020–2026)
-2.3%  Sacramento County baseline
+38.7pp  gap vs. county
30.4%  retention (county median 80.8%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2020
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
30.4%
1,004 of 3,299 students

2,295 of 3,299 students who enrolled at California Innovative Career Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (69.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Sacramento County median
80.8% · school is in the 12th percentile of 77 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 7th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (3,002) 31.8%
White (1,469) 32.6%
Hispanic / Latino (580) 28.8%
Asian (505) 29.9%
Black / African Am. (384) 20.8%
Two or more races (333) 36.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Encina High School 71.6% Community Collaborative Charter 51.9% West Campus High School 97.8% Leroy Greene Academy 95.7% Highlands High School 78.4%

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.

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: grades 9–12.

Chronic absent
65.9%
1,981 of 3,007 students

Absenteeism is up 65.9 pp since 2020-21. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Sacramento County median
25.8% · school is worse than 85% of 75 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
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).

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

White 48% -6.4
Asian 20% +8.1
Hispanic / Latino 15% -2.4
Two or more 11% +4.6
Black / African Am. 6% -3.1

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 100% +5.7

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

District financial profile — Twin Rivers 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
$536.8M
+15.0% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$21,914
24,497 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 61.8%
Local: 18.8%
Federal: 19.4%
Instruction share
56.3%
of current spending · $9,076/pupil
Long-term debt
$362.4M
0.0% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Twin Rivers 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).

California Innovative Career Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 36% (140→191 from 2020 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -2%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+29.6%/yr); projects to ~1741 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

800 students (2026)
~1741 projected (2029)
at +29.6%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
California Innovative Career Academy Public 800 +36%
Peer-group median 14.3% -2%
Encina High School Public 879 2.9% +23%
Community Collaborative Charter Public 810 -66%
West Campus High School Public 904 82.2% -1%
Leroy Greene Academy Public 753 16.5% -4%
Highlands High School Public 791 4.3% +22%
Options For Youth San Juan Public 742 -24%
Creative Connections Arts Academy Public 786 +64%
Sava - Sacramento Academic And Vocational Academy - Scusd Public 616 -16%
El Camino Fundamental Hs Public 1171 14.3% -6%
Aspire Alexander Twilight Secondary Academy Public 508 +218%

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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