CaliforniaSchoolsHighlands Community Charter

Highlands Community Charter

PublicRegularCharter
Sacramento, California · Highlands Community Charter District
Teachers123.0FTE
Ratio73.7:1students per teacher
Students9,069enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students9,069
Grade Span1–12
Student:Teacher73.7:1
Free/Reduced Lunch97%
Title INo
SectorCharter
Student : Teacher
92.2:1
25%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
127
3.3%vs prior yr
Enrollment
11,713
29%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

9.3:127.1:144.9:162.7:180.5:198.3:12020202120222023202448.1:146.9:171.0:173.7:192.2:1This schoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

2,5464,5156,4848,45410,42312,392627690104118132202020212022202320243,2253,7516,7499,06911,713678095123127EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment3,2253,7516,7499,06911,713
Teacher FTE678095123127
Pupil : Teacher ratio48.1:146.9:171.0:173.7:192.2:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.