San Diego Cooperative Charter

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No UC admissions data on file for San Diego Cooperative 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
465 (2018)455 (2026)
-2.2%

If this trend holds (-0.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~454 -1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~451 -4 $0
5 yr (2031) ~449 -6 $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 Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
75.3%
362 of 481 students

119 of 481 students who enrolled at San Diego Cooperative Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (24.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.7% · school is in the 16th percentile of 207 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 19th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (247) 74.1%
Hispanic / Latino (187) 78.6%
White (167) 76.0%
Students w/ disabilities (137) 80.3%
Two or more races (58) 69.0%
English learners (51) 72.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Kavod Charter 90.6% San Diego Global Vision Academy 97.2% John Muir Language Academy 96.8% Innovations Academy 84.3%

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
4.9%
23 of 468 students

Absenteeism is down 3.3 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

San Diego County median
18.9% · school is better than 91% of 205 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 — San Diego 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
$2239.7M
+17.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$22,861
97,968 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 24.2%
Local: 65.2%
Federal: 10.6%
Instruction share
58.6%
of current spending · $9,592/pupil
Long-term debt
$5186.5M
+29.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 San Diego 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).

San Diego Cooperative Charter — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-0.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~451 by 2029 — about 4 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

455 students (2026)
~451 projected (2029)
at -0.3%/yr

That's about 4 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
San Diego Cooperative Charter Public 455
Peer-group median 27.2% +3%
High Tech High Mesa Public 432 38.8% +3%
Kavod Charter Public 424
San Diego Global Vision Academy Public 460
John Muir Language Academy Public 418
Innovations Academy Public 437
Magnolia Science Academy San Diego Public 481
High Tech Elementary Public 438
Creative Performing And Media Arts Public 528
Kearny Digital Media & Design Public 335 15.7% +2%
Darnall Charter Public 473

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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