Ernest Kimme Charter Academy

Ernest Kimme Charter Academy operates as a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in Vacaville, California, one of the schools within Vacaville Unified. Current enrollment sits at 194 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 77% smaller than the state mean of about 838.

Ernest Kimme Charter Academy is one of 17 schools operated by Vacaville Unified, a district that instructs 12,690 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Ernest Kimme Charter Academy records that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 24% White, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 4% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 63% of students at Ernest Kimme Charter Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Ernest Kimme Charter Academy is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.7%; Ernest Kimme Charter Academy posts 16.0%, -25.8 points below that line.

Across the wider 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 roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ernest Kimme Charter Academy is one of 110 public schools in Solano County (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students).

Kairos Public is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ernest Kimme Charter Academy at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.5%.

The school occupies a residential site. Ernest Kimme Charter Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 208 students in 2018 compared to 194 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 34% to 55% over that span.

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