Soar Charter Academy

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No UC admissions data on file for Soar Charter 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
469 (2018)434 (2026)
-7.5%

If this trend holds (-1.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~430 -4 $0
3 yr (2029) ~422 -12 $0
5 yr (2031) ~413 -21 $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 Bernardino County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
84.2%
426 of 506 students

80 of 506 students who enrolled at Soar Charter Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (15.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Bernardino County median
83.7% · school is in the 54th percentile of 157 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 31st percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (443) 84.7%
Hispanic / Latino (375) 85.9%
Students w/ disabilities (81) 81.5%
Black / African Am. (71) 74.6%
English learners (61) 82.0%
White (37) 83.8%

Nearest peer high schools

Sierra High 39.9% Public Safety Academy 85.0% Iempire Academy 85.6% Entrepreneur High School 72.6% Hardy Brown College Prep 70.5%

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
8.2%
40 of 489 students

Absenteeism is down 7.4 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

San Bernardino County median
24.5% · school is better than 86% of 155 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 Bernardino City 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
$920.4M
+18.8% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$19,710
46,693 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 72.5%
Local: 10.1%
Federal: 17.4%
Instruction share
56.5%
of current spending · $9,863/pupil
Long-term debt
$511.0M
+46.5% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Bernardino City 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).

Soar Charter Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-1.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~422 by 2029 — about 12 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

434 students (2026)
~422 projected (2029)
at -1.0%/yr

That's about 12 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
Soar Charter Academy Public 434
Peer-group median 4.0% -31%
Sierra High Public 447 +10%
Public Safety Academy Public 404 -31%
Iempire Academy Public 412
Entrepreneur High School Public 479 4.0% -43%
Hardy Brown College Prep Public 312
Richardson Prep Hi Middle Public 596
Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary Public 356
Asa Charter Public 350 -46%
Highland Grove Elementary Public 500
San Andreas High Public 337 -27%

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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