Connecting Waters Charter

Summary:

Connecting Waters Charter is a public charter school located in Waterford, CA that serves grades K-12 with a total enrollment of 762 students. It is part of the Connecting Waters Charter District.

Connecting Waters Charter generally performs below the state average on standardized tests, with only 58.33% of 11th graders proficient or better in ELA compared to the state average of 55.73%, and only 11.67% proficient or better in Math compared to the state average of 27.9%. The school also has a lower 4-year graduation rate of 82.4% compared to nearby Hart-Ransom Charter (93.5%) and Keyes to Learning Charter (89.5%), and a higher dropout rate of 8.2%. However, Connecting Waters Charter has a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 2.3%, significantly better than the nearby eCademy Charter at Crane (72.4%) and Stanislaus County Special Education (56.9%).

With 52.89% of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, Connecting Waters Charter serves a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students compared to nearby schools like Hart-Ransom Charter (41.97%) and Keyes to Learning Charter (38.8%). This socioeconomic factor may contribute to the school's lower academic performance, though further investigation into its specialized programs and initiatives could provide valuable insights into how it is addressing these challenges.


Detail:

Public, Charter, Alternative K-12

 12420 Bentley St.
       Waterford, CA  95386-9150


(209) 874-1119

District: Connecting Waters Charter District

SchoolDigger Rank:
3745th of 5,862 California Alternative Schools


Student/teacher ratio:  10.8 Help
Number of students:  762

Racial breakdown:

White:
39.6%
Hispanic:
39.6%
Two or more races:
10.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  52.9% Help


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Compare Details Connecting Waters Charter ranks worse than 63.9% of elementary schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 32.32. (See more...)
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Compare Details Connecting Waters Charter ranks better than 61.4% of middle schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 52.84. (See more...)
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Compare Details Connecting Waters Charter ranks better than 54.8% of high schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 43.08. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Connecting Waters Charter who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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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.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Connecting Waters Charter:

SchoolDigger ranks Connecting Waters Charter 3745th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Connecting Waters Charter in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Connecting Waters Charter 1072nd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Connecting Waters Charter in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Connecting Waters Charter 1049th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Connecting Waters Charter in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for Connecting Waters Charter

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 32.17 3762nd 5789 35.0%
2022 39.92 3094th 5883 47.4%
2023 35.54 3464th 5874 41.0%
2024 32.32 3745th 5862 36.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 25.36 4203rd 5173 18.8%
2022 36.14 3325th 5264 36.8%
2023 36.61 3347th 5374 37.7%
2024 36.88 3371st 5511 38.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 31.95 3672nd 5492 33.1%
2022 41.13 2931st 5635 48.0%
2023 39.14 3075th 5617 45.3%
2024 33.31 3538th 5605 36.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 33.41 3508th 5510 36.3%
2022 39.33 3047th 5663 46.2%
2023 32.28 3597th 5650 36.3%
2024 31.98 3648th 5636 35.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 27.97 3834th 4963 22.7%
2022 41.50 2791st 5084 45.1%
2023 27.44 3915th 5098 23.2%
2024 28.24 3855th 5102 24.4%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 13.10 2553rd 2834 9.9%
2022 15.64 2374th 2726 12.9%
2023 26.34 2069th 2662 22.3%
2024 15.36 2316th 2647 12.5%
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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 Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 34.70 1631st 2715 39.9%
2022 46.13 1277th 2740 53.4%
2023 40.34 1447th 2802 48.4%
2024 52.84 1072nd 2777 61.4%
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Rank History for middle school Multi-racial students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 9.50 499th 554 9.9%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.42 1889th 2369 20.3%
2022 27.92 1774th 2458 27.8%
2023 29.10 1799th 2549 29.4%
2024 47.46 1126th 2575 56.3%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 30.94 1592nd 2380 33.1%
2022 42.25 1268th 2509 49.5%
2023 33.82 1520th 2547 40.3%
2024 39.01 1364th 2546 46.4%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 67.66 305th 1491 79.5%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 37.26 1400th 2407 41.8%
2022 49.85 1065th 2527 57.9%
2023 46.66 1163rd 2558 54.5%
2024 64.15 732nd 2547 71.3%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 23.85 1761st 2213 20.4%
2022 48.04 1055th 2359 55.3%
2023 32.86 1524th 2391 36.3%
2024 51.36 960th 2383 59.7%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 17.63 1349th 1602 15.8%
2022 19.81 1281st 1555 17.6%
2023 28.25 1113th 1552 28.3%
2024 24.22 1176th 1535 23.4%
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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 Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 48.89 1014th 2133 52.5%
2022 48.79 959th 2123 54.8%
2023 42.47 1058th 2348 54.9%
2024 43.08 1049th 2323 54.8%
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Rank History for high school Multi-racial students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 16.32 358th 422 15.2%
2023 13.31 655th 786 16.7%
2024 17.61 632nd 804 21.4%
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Rank History for high school English Language Learner students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 44.60 356th 1323 73.1%
2024 30.27 825th 1350 38.9%
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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 34.40 842nd 1547 45.6%
2024 28.62 1030th 1534 32.9%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 49.36 946th 1937 51.2%
2022 43.09 1042nd 1943 46.4%
2023 41.19 1102nd 2247 51.0%
2024 43.58 1023rd 2235 54.2%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 42.30 1028th 1833 43.9%
2022 47.75 869th 1858 53.2%
2023 34.66 1231st 2118 41.9%
2024 35.85 1197th 2098 42.9%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 50.75 844th 1880 55.1%
2022 45.80 915th 1916 52.2%
2023 48.10 847th 2207 61.6%
2024 49.25 827th 2172 61.9%
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Rank History for high school Asian students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 52.46 385th 731 47.3%
2024 56.22 356th 712 50.0%
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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 49.91 876th 1814 51.7%
2022 52.43 778th 1861 58.2%
2023 44.57 988th 2142 53.9%
2024 37.13 1202nd 2125 43.4%
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Rank History for high school White students at Connecting Waters Charter

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 28.04 900th 1222 26.4%
2022 25.12 914th 1204 24.1%
2023 25.81 1002nd 1434 30.1%
2024 20.50 1059th 1406 24.7%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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.

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Enrollment information for Connecting Waters Charter

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2019 703 39 126 542 16 0 165 0 1591
2020 617 33 100 531 9 1 123 0 1414
2021 492 23 75 382 7 0 89 0 1068
2022 423 17 66 381 4 3 85 1 980
2023 302 14 53 302 3 1 83 4 762

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

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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 Connecting Waters Charter

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2019 1591 96.1 16.5 47.6
2020 1414 n/a n/a 49.4
2021 1068 77.0 13.8 48.7
2022 980 73.3 13.3 47.3
2023 762 69.9 10.8 52.9

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 Connecting Waters Charter

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2019 1591 96.1 16.5 47.6
2020 1414 n/a n/a 49.4
2021 1068 77.0 13.8 48.7
2022 980 73.3 13.3 47.3
2023 762 69.9 10.8 52.9

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.

Kindergarten Immunization Rates

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YearCompletely ImmunizedMedical ExemptionConditionalPolioHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMMR
202040.9%0.0%1.1%55.7%60.2%44.3%60.2%50.0%
202162.5%6.9%0.0%73.7%73.3%62.5%64.2%67.7%
202245.7%1.4%0.0%54.3%71.4%51.4%50.0%51.4%

Data source: California Department of Public Health
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Connecting Waters Charter

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 3762nd of 5789 Elementary schoolsRanks 3464th of 5874 Elementary schools
 6%
Ranks 1631st of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1447th of 2802 Middle schools
 8.4%
Ranks 1014th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 1058th of 2348 High schools
 2.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Connecting Waters Charter)42.624.5
 18.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.543
 5.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Connecting Waters Charter)28.722.5
 6.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (California)50.245.1
 5.1%
4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Connecting Waters Charter)30.535.1
 4.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.543.7
 5.7%
4th Grade Mathematics (Connecting Waters Charter)23.226.3
 3.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (California)44.940.8
 4.1%
5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Connecting Waters Charter)45.539.1
 6.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.746.7
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Connecting Waters Charter)2223.9
 2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (California)3833.4
 4.6%
5th Grade Science (Connecting Waters Charter)25.432.6
 7.2%
   5th Grade Science (California)31.731.9
 0.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Connecting Waters Charter)4048.2
 8.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Connecting Waters Charter)26.921.4
 5.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Connecting Waters Charter)47.342.1
 5.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Connecting Waters Charter)25.331.6
 6.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Connecting Waters Charter)49.628.6
 21%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Connecting Waters Charter)18.918.4
 0.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Connecting Waters Charter)1920.4
 1.4%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Connecting Waters Charter)59.957.8
 2.1%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Connecting Waters Charter)9.214.1
 4.9%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Connecting Waters Charter)18.129
 10.9%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Connecting Waters Charter)24.129.7
 5.6%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.8
 1.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students1591762
 52.1%
African American3914
 64.1%
American Indian163
 81.3%
Asian12653
 57.9%
Hispanic542302
 44.3%
Pacific Islander01
White703302
 57%
Two or More Races16583
 49.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients47.6%52.9%
 5.2%


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Connecting Waters Charter ranks 3745th of 5862 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 762 students attended Connecting Waters Charter.

Students at Connecting Waters Charter are 40% White, 40% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 7% Asian, 2% African American.


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