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Heartland Charter

Q: Is Heartland Charter a good school?

Heartland Charter ranks 3367 th of 5857 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter, Virtual, Alternative Grades K-12

3367^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Alternative Schools

Better than 43% of California alternative schools

Summary

Heartland Charter is a large, K-12 alternative public school serving 5,970 students in Maricopa, CA, operating under the Heartland Charter District and sharing a location with the similar Blue Ridge Academy.

The school demonstrates a clear strength in keeping students engaged and on track to graduate, with exceptionally high graduation rates, near-zero dropout numbers, and a perfect record on chronic absenteeism that far outpaces state averages. Academically, it shines particularly in science, where its students outperform both the state and Blue Ridge Academy, with 11th graders showing especially strong results. However, like its neighbor, proficiency in mathematics lags behind the California average.

An interesting aspect of Heartland Charter is its operational profile compared to Blue Ridge Academy; it achieves comparable success with a higher student-to-teacher ratio and lower per-student spending. This suggests a potentially efficient alternative education model that prioritizes student support and persistence, serving a population with a significant level of economic need while helping them reach graduation.

5,970

Students ?

37.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$25,970

Per pupil spending ?

42.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

955 Stanislaus
Maricopa, CA 93252-0728

(661) 829-0099

District: Heartland Charter District

Racial breakdown:

White:

57.6%

Hispanic:

30.3%

Two or more races:

8.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 63rd percentile in 2022 → 81st in 2025

Strengths

✓94% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 18 percentile points since 2022

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 37 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school37%

California avg41%

Elementary school

3,367^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 43%▲ up 28 pts since 2019

From bottom 15% (2019) to bottom 43% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,266^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 46%▲ up 24 pts since 2019

From bottom 30% (2019) to top 46% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

420^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 19%▲ up 14 pts since 2019

From top 34% (2019) to top 19% (2025)

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★★★★★

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Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.7	3367 of 5857	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.8	3380 of 5869	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.9	3216 of 5859	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.9	3099 of 5883	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	40.0	779 of 1417	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	18.5	4947 of 5789	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	51.3	772 of 2227	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	49.4	110 of 293	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.4	1611 of 2585	37.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.7	3173 of 5597	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.5	3098 of 5612	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.0	3081 of 5609	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.6	3080 of 5635	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	38.3	723 of 1267	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	16.3	4923 of 5492	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.7	3185 of 5107	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.3	3096 of 5107	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.5	2787 of 5087	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.5	2558 of 5084	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	19.0	4440 of 4963	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.1	3415 of 5460	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.0	3451 of 5517	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.9	3075 of 5363	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.3	2736 of 5264	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	49.3	490 of 1110	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	17.1	4734 of 5173	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.4	3368 of 5628	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.7	3509 of 5643	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.6	3147 of 5638	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.9	2950 of 5663	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	41.9	677 of 1272	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.9	4485 of 5510	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.5	633 of 718	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.4	597 of 670	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.5	570 of 669	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.8	510 of 610	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	3.8	434 of 445	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	46.8	1164 of 2847	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	46.9	1061 of 2635	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	52.1	859 of 2420	64.5%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.4	2239 of 2598	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.4	2316 of 2651	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.9	2347 of 2661	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.4	2384 of 2726	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	5.4	2747 of 2834	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	46.9	1266 of 2761	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.3	1334 of 2783	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.5	1351 of 2781	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.7	1312 of 2740	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	44.8	447 of 894	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	27.4	1897 of 2715	30.1%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	64.9	338 of 1531	77.9%	★★★★☆
2021	58.3	95 of 354	73.2%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	46.1	1198 of 2533	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.3	1242 of 2551	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.4	1255 of 2531	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.1	1166 of 2509	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	43.1	384 of 738	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.7	1864 of 2380	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	48.3	1075 of 2395	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.1	1126 of 2388	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.8	1301 of 2374	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	54.2	876 of 2359	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	32.0	1474 of 2213	33.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	50.7	1057 of 2542	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.0	1272 of 2579	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.1	1224 of 2531	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.0	1020 of 2458	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	43.7	375 of 721	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	19.6	2035 of 2369	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	45.8	1195 of 2534	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	43.4	1248 of 2552	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.8	1237 of 2538	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	42.7	1259 of 2527	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	46.1	365 of 763	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	31.7	1562 of 2407	35.1%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.9	485 of 726	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.5	489 of 701	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.4	473 of 677	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.8	518 of 665	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	8.5	507 of 554	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.8	617 of 1566	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	42.6	710 of 1552	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.1	421 of 1531	72.5%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	1149 of 1520	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.3	1199 of 1537	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.6	1174 of 1543	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.5	1205 of 1555	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.7	1459 of 1602	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	79.4	420 of 2162	80.6%	★★★★☆
2024	72.2	539 of 2159	75.0%	★★★★☆
2023	74.0	510 of 2170	76.5%	★★★★☆
2022	56.3	794 of 2123	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	65.8	401 of 1290	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.9	716 of 2133	66.4%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	70.9	194 of 1161	83.3%	★★★★☆
2021	71.3	92 of 555	83.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	73.3	471 of 1906	75.3%	★★★★☆
2024	71.8	471 of 1915	75.4%	★★★★☆
2023	69.0	527 of 1915	72.5%	★★★★☆
2022	53.1	753 of 1858	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	61.1	379 of 1054	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	36.9	1131 of 1833	38.3%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	88.3	156 of 1900	91.8%	★★★★★
2024	61.7	647 of 1902	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	69.8	486 of 1917	74.6%	★★★★☆
2022	62.5	564 of 1861	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.5	1119 of 1814	38.3%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	81.9	305 of 2013	84.8%	★★★★☆
2024	63.2	634 of 2026	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	79.3	341 of 2030	83.2%	★★★★☆
2022	57.8	677 of 1943	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	54.1	479 of 1126	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	72.4	428 of 1937	77.9%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	81.4	340 of 1942	82.5%	★★★★☆
2024	67.8	551 of 1948	71.7%	★★★★☆
2023	74.6	450 of 1963	77.1%	★★★★☆
2022	54.8	749 of 1916	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	64.0	352 of 1122	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	66.3	551 of 1880	70.7%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	51.1	290 of 577	49.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.8	176 of 541	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.5	275 of 515	46.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	67.6	272 of 1252	78.3%	★★★★☆
2024	60.8	329 of 1216	72.9%	★★★★☆
2023	45.3	516 of 1197	56.9%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.8	476 of 1155	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	58.2	488 of 1173	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.4	513 of 1193	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	31.1	844 of 1204	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	54.2	565 of 1222	53.8%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Disabled (2022)65th percentile+18 vs school

Special Education (2025)59th percentile+17 vs school

Female (2025)43rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)40th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)38th percentile-5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)37th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)14th percentile-29 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)12th percentile-31 vs school

Middle school

Disabled (2022)78th percentile+26 vs school

Special Education (2025)61st percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)58th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)55th percentile~ school

Male (2025)53rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)53rd percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)33rd percentile-21 vs school

White (2025)24th percentile-30 vs school

High school

Hispanic (2025)92nd percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)85th percentile+4 vs school

Disabled (2022)83rd percentile+21 vs school

Male (2025)82nd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)78th percentile~ school

Female (2025)75th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)59th percentile-22 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)50th percentile-31 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy45%-4 vs state

Science40%+7 vs state

Mathematics28%-10 vs state

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Heartland Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	955 Stanislaus	Maricopa	93252	Kern County	Heartland Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(661) 829-0099	5,970	161	37.1	42.2%	3,436 (57.6%)	83 (1.4%)	1,806 (30.3%)	81 (1.4%)	18 (0.3%)	8 (0.1%)	532 (8.9%)								(n/a)	35.2	40.1		50.0		39.5	39.1	43.1	40.2	43.0	45.8	50.0	68.9	44.7	32.2	30.3	21.0	23.5	30.2	25.9	33.9	27.7	21.8	29.2	46.9	25.0	28.5	27.5	$25,970	$25,704	$266
Blue Ridge Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	955 Stanislaus St.	Maricopa	93252	Kern County	Blue Ridge Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(661) 412-9363	7,657	271	28.2	39.0%	2,924 (38.2%)	356 (4.6%)	2,958 (38.6%)	529 (6.9%)	14 (0.2%)	24 (0.3%)	845 (11.0%)								(n/a)	34.3	36.2	33.3	44.5	52.6	36.6	34.5	41.9	42.3	42.6	50.2	51.2	66.0	44.5	32.9	31.6	23.0	25.0	31.2	27.5	30.3	28.7	18.5	28.6	42.7	24.7	26.6	28.6

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Is Heartland Charter a good school?

Heartland Charter ranks 3367^th of 5857 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Heartland Charter?

Students at Heartland Charter are 58% White, 30% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 1% African American, 1% Asian.

What district is Heartland Charter in?

Heartland Charter District

How many students attend Heartland Charter?

In the 2024-25 school year, 5,970 students attended Heartland Charter.

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