Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy

Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy is one of the intimate secondary schools in Vacaville, California, operated by Vacaville Unified, with 474 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 43% below the state mean of about 838.

Across the 17 schools in Vacaville Unified (12,690 students total), Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy reports that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 9% Asian, 7% Black. Compared to Solano County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Solano County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.1%, the actual is 55.2%, a residual of -4.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, Solano County reports that median household earnings sit near $100,401, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Solano County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), of which Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kairos Public, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy. On composite proficiency, Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 32.2%.

Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy operates from a commuter-belt location. As a public charter, Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 502 students in 2018 compared to 474 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 52% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

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