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Enrollment
474
High
DISTRICT 844 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VACAVILLE UNIFIED·NCES 064059002846
Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy
100 McClellan St., Vacaville, CA 95688 · (707) 453-7300 · Solano County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of California public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
162 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 122 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 126 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 125 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 101 | 21% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
84.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.8pp since 2014
Math
39.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 46.6% | 38.1% | 9.3% | 5.9% |
| Math | 16.2% | 23.1% | 22.2% | 38.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.8% | 39.3% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 32.7% |
| 2022-23 | 83.2% | 42.5% |
| 2021-22 | 76.5% | 32.7% |
| 2018-19 | 77.5% | 45.0% |
| 2017-18 | 66.4% | 41.8% |
| 2016-17 | 77.7% | 52.4% |
| 2015-16 | 78.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 75.0% | 35.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy this school | 474 | 34.2% | 58.6% |
| High Tech High Mesa San Diego | 435 | 40.5% | N/A |
| Valley International Preparatory High Northridge | 259 | 31.7% | N/A |
| Alhambra Senior High Martinez | 1,028 | 30.7% | 40.7% |
| Escondido Charter High Escondido | 932 | 35.2% | N/A |
| Liberty High Madera | 748 | 34.5% | 40.2% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #195 of 1,052 | #1 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #278 of 1,056 ▲ 50 | #1 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #50 of 1,056 ▲ 70 | #1 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #244 of 1,044 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #1,047 of 2,093 | #13 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #471 of 1,352 | #4 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #63 of 1,351 | #5 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.2% | #1,368 of 1,575 | #18 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #611 of 802 | #11 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
474
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 801
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 474 | 24.3 | 19.5:1 | 34% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 24.4 | 19.4:1 | 31% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 24 | 19.0:1 | 29% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 16% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 27.8 | 18.1:1 | 20% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 19 | 23.9:1 | 15% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | N/A | N/A | 13% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 801 | 21 | 38.1:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (502 to 474); teachers down 12% (27.8 to 24.3).
About Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy
Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy, a small high school, is located in Vacaville, California. The school has 474 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in California average about 838 students, which makes this school 43% below average.
Vacaville Unified is the district for Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy. It has 17 schools and 12,690 students.
The student body at Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy has no majority group. White students lead at 40%. The remaining shares are 29% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 7% Black. In Solano County overall, the White share is about 39%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 19.5 students per teacher. The average for high schools in California, 18.2:1, is lower. Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 34%. The average for public schools in Solano County is 60%.
On the allk12 Grade, Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy lands at A-, ahead of 76% of California public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 58.6% actual against 59.5% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Solano County show that the median household earns about $100,401 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Solano County has 110 public schools with about 60,765 students, including Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy.
Kairos Public sits about 0.6 miles from Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy ranks 1st in a group of 7 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy is run as a public charter school.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 464 in 2020-21, 474 in 2024-25.
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Solano County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
451,918
Census ACS
Median income
$100,401
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
60,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vacaville Unified
- Vacaville HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Will C. Wood HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Willis Jepson MiddleMiddle · 954 students
- Edwin Markham ElementaryElementary · 882 students
- Browns Valley ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- Jean Callison ElementaryElementary · 762 students
Other schools in Vacaville
- Vacaville HighHigh · 2,044 students
- Will C. Wood HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Willis Jepson MiddleMiddle · 954 students
- Edwin Markham ElementaryElementary · 882 students
- Browns Valley ElementaryElementary · 806 students
- Kairos PublicCombined · 786 students
Nearby schools
- Kairos Public0.6 mi · 786
- Shereene Wilkerson Academy of Excellence0.6 mi · 6
- Vacaville High0.7 mi · 2,044
- Ernest Kimme Charter Academy0.8 mi · 194
- Will C. Wood High0.9 mi · 1,671
- Edwin Markham Elementary0.9 mi · 882
Frequently asked questions
About Buckingham Collegiate Charter AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy?
Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy enrolls approximately 474 students in grades 09-12.
Is Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy.
How diverse is Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy?
Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy reports a student body of 40% White, 29% Hispanic, 7% Black, 9% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy?
Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy is overseen by Vacaville Unified in Solano County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.