Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay
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Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori → Impact Academy Of Arts & Technology → Circle of Independent Learning → East Bay Innovation Academy → Aspire East Palo Alto Charter → Compare all similar →No UC admissions data on file for Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay.
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
If this trend holds (+21.9%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~632 | +114 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~939 | +421 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~1,396 | +878 | $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 Alameda County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay outperformed Alameda County on enrollment (school +244.4% vs. county +0.7%) AND maintains 93.9% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.
11 of 179 students who enrolled at Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (6.1% 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.
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).
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.
District financial profile — Alameda County Office of Education (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: 67.2%
Federal: 5.4%
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 Alameda County Office of Education 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).
Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 244% (9→31 from 2019 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +10%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+21.9%/yr); projects to ~939 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay | Public | 518 | — | +244% |
| Peer-group median | 25.3% | +10% | ||
| Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori | Public | 583 | 7.3% | +56% |
| Impact Academy Of Arts & Technology | Public | 688 | — | -35% |
| Circle of Independent Learning | Public | 384 | 8.3% | -16% |
| East Bay Innovation Academy | Public | 481 | 42.3% | +72% |
| Aspire East Palo Alto Charter | Public | 449 | — | -46% |
| Kipp King Collegiate High Sch | Public | 671 | 57.6% | +40% |
| Design Tech High School | Public | 563 | 69.6% | +2% |
| Madison Park Academy 6-12 | Public | 620 | — | +20% |
| Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy | Public | 395 | — | +8% |
| Castlemont High School | Public | 694 | 5.8% | +12% |
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 →