Horizon Charter

Families in Lincoln, California, are served by Horizon Charter, a large combined-grade school. It enrolled 1,757 students in kindergarten through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 192% higher than the average for combined schools in California, which is about 602.

Horizon Charter reports to Horizon Charter District.

White students are the majority at Horizon Charter, with 52% of enrollment. Other groups make up 23% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Asian. Placer County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Its 66.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 26.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 18.6:1 average for combined schools in California. The school's lunch program data list 56% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Placer County average 33%.

Census estimates describe Placer County this way: the median household income is $115,998, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, Placer County has 123 public schools and roughly 70,590 students.

Nearest public school: Glen Edwards Middle, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: Horizon Charter is a public charter school.

Enrollment at Horizon Charter dropped 33% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 2,630 to 1,757 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 27.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 26.4:1.

Community posts for Horizon Charter can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.