Is Chawanakee Academy Charter a good school?

Chawanakee Academy Charter ranks 3965 th of 5862 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Chawanakee Academy Charter?

In the 2023-24 school year, 173 students attended Chawanakee Academy Charter.

What is the racial makeup of Chawanakee Academy Charter?

Students at Chawanakee Academy Charter are 67% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% American Indian, 5% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Chawanakee Academy Charter

Summary:

Chawanakee Academy Charter is an alternative public charter school located in O'Neals, California, serving grades K-12 with a total enrollment of 206 students. This school is part of the Chawanakee Unified School District, which is ranked 807 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Chawanakee Academy Charter has consistently high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 75% to 92.6% over the past five school years, significantly higher than the nearby Centennial Independent Study (58.3%) and Sierra@Home (56.3%) schools. The school's dropout rates have also fluctuated between 0% and 7.7%, lower than the nearby Centennial Independent Study (33.3%) and Sierra@Home (18.8%) schools. Chawanakee Academy Charter's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally higher than the Chawanakee Unified School District and the state of California averages.

While Chawanakee Academy Charter has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 45.78% to 50.97% over the past three school years, its student-teacher ratio is higher than nearby schools, ranging from 21.6 to 29.9 over the past three school years. Overall, Chawanakee Academy Charter appears to be a strong-performing alternative public charter school that is effectively serving its students and community, with high graduation rates, low dropout rates, and generally strong test scores.

Detail:

Public, Charter, Alternative K-12

45077 Road 200
O Neals, CA 93645

(559) 868-4200

District: Chawanakee Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3965^th of 5,862 California Alternative Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,702

Student/teacher ratio: 18.4

Number of students: 173

Racial breakdown:

White:

67.1%

Hispanic:

19.1%

American Indian:

6.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 52%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Chawanakee Academy Charter ranks worse than 67.6% of elementary schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 29.47. (See more...)

Compare Details Chawanakee Academy Charter ranks worse than 63% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.42. (See more...)

Compare Details Chawanakee Academy Charter ranks better than 51.6% of high schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.18. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Chawanakee Academy Charter who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (67.1%), Hispanic (19.1%), American Indian (6.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 52% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Chawanakee Academy Charter is 18.4. (See more...)

Compare Chawanakee Academy Charter employs 9.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Chawanakee Academy Charter is $9,702.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Chawanakee Academy Charter:

SchoolDigger ranks Chawanakee Academy Charter 3965^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Chawanakee Academy Charter in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Chawanakee Academy Charter 1750^th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Chawanakee Academy Charter in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Chawanakee Academy Charter 1124^th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Chawanakee Academy Charter in the ranking list.)

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Chawanakee Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Chawanakee Unified 807^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	42.73	2516^th	4809	47.7%
2005	39.53	2744^th	4822	43.1%
2006	26.42	3563^rd	4818	26.0%
2007	43.91	2677^th	5113	47.6%
2008	25.88	3904^th	5113	23.6%
2009	18.48	4540^th	5193	12.6%
2010	30.18	3836^th	5314	27.8%
2019	22.67	4569^th	5789	21.1%
2022	19.95	4865^th	5883	17.3%
2023	23.88	4472^nd	5874	23.9%
2024	29.47	3965^th	5862	32.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	57.30	1950^th	5511	64.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	25.25	4189^th	5635	25.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	44.29	2798^th	5636	50.4%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	5.45	2745^th	2834	3.1%
2022	4.11	2669^th	2726	2.1%
2024	14.53	2340^th	2647	11.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	67.20	480^th	1769	72.9%
2005	54.37	712^th	1777	59.9%
2006	45.92	890^th	1804	50.7%
2007	37.88	1171^st	1999	41.4%
2008	44.32	1054^th	2005	47.4%
2009	24.99	1598^th	2063	22.5%
2011	52.63	1014^th	2236	54.7%
2012	57.46	884^th	2259	60.9%
2019	43.39	1344^th	2715	50.5%
2022	44.41	1325^th	2740	51.6%
2023	45.85	1289^th	2802	54.0%
2024	31.42	1750^th	2777	37.0%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	25.70	1943^rd	2549	23.8%
2024	30.54	1752^nd	2575	32.0%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	46.47	1158^th	2509	53.8%
2023	27.31	1776^th	2547	30.3%
2024	14.86	2299^th	2546	9.7%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	77.87	479^th	2558	81.3%
2024	67.69	673^rd	2547	73.6%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	19.27	1292^nd	1555	16.9%
2023	41.93	882^nd	1552	43.2%
2024	14.31	1349^th	1535	12.1%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all high school students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	36.45	778^th	1653	52.9%
2005	51.91	558^th	1901	70.6%
2006	67.50	325^th	1968	83.5%
2007	61.01	438^th	2063	78.8%
2008	44.25	813^th	2117	61.6%
2009	36.77	1130^th	2238	49.5%
2010	51.19	730^th	2281	68.0%
2011	53.60	697^th	2367	70.6%
2012	50.02	800^th	2354	66.0%
2013	30.46	1304^th	2426	46.2%
2015	35.92	1252^nd	1994	37.2%
2018	26.82	1415^th	2017	29.8%
2019	25.98	1509^th	2133	29.3%
2021	41.02	750^th	1290	41.9%
2022	47.08	994^th	2123	53.2%
2023	43.68	1022^nd	2348	56.5%
2024	40.18	1124^th	2323	51.6%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.10	1395^th	1862	25.1%
2019	52.75	857^th	1937	55.8%
2022	46.25	940^th	1943	51.6%
2023	30.77	1398^th	2247	37.8%
2024	46.86	936^th	2235	58.1%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	44.72	975^th	1833	46.8%
2022	45.15	930^th	1858	49.9%
2023	24.86	1471^st	2118	30.5%
2024	29.39	1368^th	2098	34.8%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	42.92	977^th	1916	49.0%
2023	52.50	754^th	2207	65.8%
2024	46.19	897^th	2172	58.7%

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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	40.23	1122^nd	2142	47.6%
2024	51.57	788^th	2125	62.9%

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Rank History for high school White students at Chawanakee Academy Charter

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	15.95	990^th	1173	15.6%
2019	7.93	1107^th	1222	9.4%
2022	30.48	853^rd	1204	29.2%
2023	27.45	975^th	1434	32.0%
2024	14.15	1150^th	1406	18.2%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Chawanakee Academy Charter

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
2002	279	6	2	63	0	n/a	n/a	0	350
2003	279	6	2	63	0	n/a	n/a	0	350
2004	232	7	4	54	4	n/a	n/a	0	301
2005	248	9	5	76	6	n/a	n/a	0	344
2006	229	3	1	71	9	n/a	n/a	9	322
2007	288	0	3	89	15	n/a	n/a	69	464
2008	171	4	1	56	5	n/a	n/a	0	237
2009	171	1	1	59	9	0	59	0	300
2010	116	2	1	36	2	0	13	0	170
2011	111	4	1	33	8	0	0	0	157
2012	88	2	2	27	5	0	16	0	140
2013	69	1	2	26	3	0	9	0	110
2014	61	2	3	21	6	0	14	0	107
2015	70	2	3	31	2	0	14	0	122
2016	89	3	3	32	11	0	0	0	138
2017	74	5	6	36	9	0	1	0	131
2018	102	1	4	39	6	0	3	0	155
2019	186	4	4	50	15	0	3	0	262
2020	206	2	0	36	20	0	16	0	280
2021	215	2	3	69	24	0	55	0	368
2022	207	1	6	53	21	0	20	0	308
2023	136	0	3	44	8	1	13	1	206
2024	116	0	2	33	12	1	9	0	173

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Chawanakee Academy Charter

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2002	350	14.1	24.8	0
2003	350	14.1	24.8	0
2004	301	12.2	24.7	14.6
2005	344	12.7	27.1	15.7
2006	322	13.0	24.8	8.6
2007	464	11.4	40.7	1.5
2008	237	14.6	16.2	8.4
2009	300	13.4	20.8	3
2010	170	9.6	17.6	n/a
2011	157	n/a	n/a	0
2012	140	6.0	23.3	n/a
2013	110	4.6	23.7	40
2014	107	4.6	23.0	43
2015	122	5.0	24.4	50
2016	138	6.0	23.0	42.8
2017	131	5.6	23.2	45.8
2018	155	6.6	23.3	48.4
2019	262	10.2	25.6	47.3
2020	280	n/a	n/a	42.1
2021	368	13.2	27.7	50.8
2022	308	10.2	29.9	45.8
2023	206	9.5	21.6	51
2024	173	9.3	18.4	52

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Chawanakee Academy Charter

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2002	350	14.1	24.8	0
2003	350	14.1	24.8	0
2004	301	12.2	24.7	14.6
2005	344	12.7	27.1	15.7
2006	322	13.0	24.8	8.6
2007	464	11.4	40.7	1.5
2008	237	14.6	16.2	8.4
2009	300	13.4	20.8	3
2010	170	9.6	17.6	n/a
2011	157	n/a	n/a	0
2012	140	6.0	23.3	n/a
2013	110	4.6	23.7	40
2014	107	4.6	23.0	43
2015	122	5.0	24.4	50
2016	138	6.0	23.0	42.8
2017	131	5.6	23.2	45.8
2018	155	6.6	23.3	48.4
2019	262	10.2	25.6	47.3
2020	280	n/a	n/a	42.1
2021	368	13.2	27.7	50.8
2022	308	10.2	29.9	45.8
2023	206	9.5	21.6	51
2024	173	9.3	18.4	52

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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