Circle of Independent Learning
Fremont · Alameda County · Fremont Unified · Public
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- 📚 1 AP courses offered — Moderate
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 2 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 44% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 7% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 82% (Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Circle of Independent Learning compares for families
Real college outcomes data available below.
- ▸ Statewide8.3% UC Reach — 9.8 points below the California median of 18.1%.
- ▸ Locally🎯 Top 5 in Alameda County on Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) — plus 1 more top-rank.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsRight at the peer median (7.3% UC Reach) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.
🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 44% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 7% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Circle of Independent Learning sent 41 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 14.6% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 8.3% — 9.8 percentage points below the California median of 18.1%, higher than 12% of California high schools..
On the peer median (7.3%) · Ranked #2 of 4 similar schools
18.1%
7.3%
51.2%
8.3%
Higher than 12% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Circle of Independent Learning's UC Reach of 8.3% is below the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.
But in Alameda County, where the local median is 40.5% and the top-10% bar is 68.1%, this score is mid-pack rather than exceptional — typical of its market rather than a standout.
Overall, Circle of Independent Learning's UC Reach is higher than 12% of California high schools (978 ranked).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2019–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 8 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.00 | —† |
| UCLA → Elite | 8 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.00 | —† |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 6 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.00 | —† |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 6 | 3 | —† | 50.0% | 4.2% | — | 4.10 | —† |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 5 | —† | —† | —† | —† | — | 4.16 | —† |
| UC Davis → | 8 | 3 | —† | 37.5% | 4.2% | — | 4.00 | —† |
SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025
Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.
Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.
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
Program subgroups
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.
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.
Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.
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
If this trend holds (+1.3%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~389 | +5 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~399 | +15 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~409 | +25 | $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.
Circle of Independent Learning — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Fremont · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Circle of Independent Learning sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #2 of 4): 8% vs. a peer median of 7%.
- ▸Circle of Independent Learning's UC Reach has stepped down from a peak of 17% in 2019 to 8% in 2025 — a 9-point decline worth tracking.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 16% (74→62 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of +19%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+1.3%/yr); projects to ~399 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle of Independent Learning | Public | 384 | 8.3% | -16% |
| Peer-group median | 7.3% | +19% | ||
| Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay | Public | 518 | — | +244% |
| Aspire East Palo Alto Charter | Public | 449 | — | -46% |
| Summit Preparatory Charter High | Public | 380 | — | +38% |
| Opportunity Youth Academy | Public | 333 | — | -44% |
| Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori | Public | 583 | 7.3% | +56% |
| East Palo Alto Academy | Public | 245 | 4.4% | -9% |
| Robertson High (continuation) | Public | 162 | — | +1% |
| Kipp San Jose Collegiate | Public | 530 | 42.3% | +38% |
| Impact Academy Of Arts & Technology | Public | 688 | — | -35% |
| Opportunity Academy | Public | 202 | — | +450% |
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 Alameda County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Enrollment -16.2% vs. county +0.6% AND stability (79.2%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem.
51 of 245 students who enrolled at Circle of Independent Learning this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (20.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
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.
District financial profile — Fremont 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.
Local: 41.5%
Federal: 6.2%
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 Fremont 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).