John Mccandless Charter

· San Joaquin County · Lincoln Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for John Mccandless 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
366 (2018)437 (2026)
+19.4%

If this trend holds (+2.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~447 +10 $0
3 yr (2029) ~467 +30 $0
5 yr (2031) ~488 +51 $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 San Joaquin County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
86.0%
410 of 477 students

67 of 477 students who enrolled at John Mccandless Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (14.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Joaquin County median
87.1% · school is in the 45th percentile of 67 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 38th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (294) 83.0%
Hispanic / Latino (255) 87.1%
White (86) 88.4%
Students w/ disabilities (63) 82.5%
Two or more races (44) 95.5%
English learners (34) 82.4%

Nearest peer high schools

Aspire Arts & Sciences Academy 89.8% Aspire Port City Academy 94.6% Stockton Early College Academy 99.5% Aspire River Oaks Charter 96.6% Health Careers Academy Hs 95.9%

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
20.1%
93 of 462 students

Absenteeism is up 15.7 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Joaquin County median
21.6% · school is better than 58% of 67 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 — Lincoln 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
$143.8M
+14.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$16,085
8,939 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 68.0%
Local: 21.5%
Federal: 10.5%
Instruction share
61.3%
of current spending · $7,707/pupil
Long-term debt
$83.9M
-3.1% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Lincoln 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).

John Mccandless Charter — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+2.2%/yr); projects to ~467 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

437 students (2026)
~467 projected (2029)
at +2.2%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
John Mccandless Charter Public 437
Peer-group median 64.2% +14%
Aspire Arts & Sciences Academy Public 441
Aspire Port City Academy Public 444
Stockton Early College Academy Public 446 64.2% +14%
Aspire River Oaks Charter Public 451
Health Careers Academy Hs Public 407 37.3% -11%
Team Charter Public 469
Aspire Vincent Shalvey Academy Public 450
Middle College High Public 341 109.2% +39%
Primary Years Academy Public 351
Aspire Rosa Parks Academy Public 401

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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