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Hickman, California - 3 schools
985
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hickman Community Charter operates 3 public schools serving 985 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Stanislaus County.
The funding mix is 10.7% local, 83.0% state, and 6.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 17.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.4% White, 34.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hickman Charter, with a diversity index of 56.5/100.
Its largest campus is Hickman Charter, enrolling 647 students (59% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hickman Middle, at 141 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Hickman Charter accounts for 59.0% of all Hickman Community Charter student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Hickman Community Charter a distant remainder — means Hickman Community Charter-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Hickman Community Charter school enrollment varies 4.6× across entities
Hickman Community Charter school enrollment ranges from 141 students (lowest) to 647 students (highest), a spread of 506 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Hickman Community Charter chronic absenteeism rate is 17.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Hickman Community Charter is typically wider than the Hickman Community Charter-aggregate figure suggests.
How many schools are in Hickman Community Charter?
Hickman Community Charter has 3 schools, including 2 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 985 students.
What is the demographic composition of Hickman Community Charter?
Hickman Community Charter students are 56.4% White, 34.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% Asian, 1.0% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.