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Hickman Community Charter schools

Hickman Community Charter has three ranked public schools. Percentiles by stage, each among the California schools we score at its level (spring 2026 tests): Hickman Elementary, 67th at elementary; Hickman Charter, 47th at elementary and 58th at middle; Hickman Middle, 73rd at middle.

  1. Elementary

    Hickman Elementary

    67thSolid

    grades K–5 · spring 2026 tests

    Hickman Charter

    47thDeveloping

    grades K–8 · spring 2026 tests

  2. Middle

    Hickman Middle

    73rdSolid

    grades 6–8 · spring 2026 tests

    Hickman Charter

    58thSolid

    grades K–8 · spring 2026 tests

  3. High

    Hickman Community Charter has no public high school in California’s statewide ranking.

  • 3 of 3 are charter schools

Schools around Hickman Community Charter

3 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Hickman Community Charter score highest?

Hickman Elementary’s 67th percentile means it scored higher than 67 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Hickman Community Charter

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

  • Hickman ElementaryCharter school. Check how it admits students.
    67thSolidScope Score 45
  • Hickman CharterCharter school. Check how it admits students.
    47thDevelopingScope Score 34

Middle schools

Which middle schools in Hickman Community Charter score highest?

Hickman Middle’s 73rd percentile means it scored higher than 73 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Hickman Community Charter

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

  • Hickman MiddleCharter school. Check how it admits students.
    73rdSolidScope Score 49
  • Hickman CharterCharter school. Check how it admits students.
    58thSolidScope Score 41

The district

Where does Hickman Community Charter’s money go, and what does it plan?

Hickman Community Charter spent $12,859 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 70 cents of every Hickman Community Charter dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction70%
  • Instruction support9%
  • Student services6%
  • Administration8%
  • Buildings & maintenance7%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

What the district plans

$10.5 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 9 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 63% of its $16.6 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 67 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 94% of the money. The plan itself puts 98% of it toward staff.

  • Provide High Quality Staff $8.7 million
  • Develop Exceptional Learning Environments $673,130
  • Engage Students With Equity and Purpose $425,912
  • 6 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

No action title in this plan names reading, math, catch-up help or English learners.

For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth) and what changed
For high-need students

It plans $1.1 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $1.0 million and estimates it spent $1.0 million, under $0.1 million (2%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $324,683 (3%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Provide High Quality Staff, which went from $9.0 million to $8.7 million.

Largest cuts

  • Provide High Quality Staff−⁠$235,663
  • Build and Support Strong Relationships and Positive School Climate−⁠$37,641
  • Engage Students With Equity and Purpose−⁠$31,342
The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Provide High Quality Staff · $8,749,680
  • Develop Exceptional Learning Environments · $673,130
  • Engage Students With Equity and Purpose · $425,912
The full plan3 goals, 19 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($10.5 million).

Where does the money go?

91% to Goal 1. Each segment is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a segment to open its goal.

Provide High Quality Staff · $8.7 million · −⁠$0.2 million

Provide High Quality Staff is 84% of the plan.

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
  • small actions drawn together

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Ensure Hickman students are college-and-career-ready by creating learning environments that support and…$9.5 million91% of action budgets

“Ensure Hickman students are college-and-career-ready by creating learning environments that support and challenge all students at their level, using curriculum that aligns with state standards” p. 10 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $9.7 million (−⁠$255,700)

Largest funded actions

  1. Provide High Quality Staff$8.7 millionaction 1.2 · p. 30 ↗
  2. Develop Exceptional Learning Environments$0.7 millionaction 1.1 · p. 30 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $631,130 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Provide support to our language learners$0.1 millionaction 1.3 · p. 30 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Provide High Quality Staff−⁠$0.2 million$9.0 million → $8.7 million · p. 30 ↗
  2. Provide support to our language learners−⁠$17,468$71,406 → $53,938 · p. 30 ↗
  3. Develop Exceptional Learning Environments−⁠$2,569$675,699 → $673,130 · p. 30 ↗

How the plan measures it · 6 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 10 ↗.

Goal 2 · Focus GoalEnhance Student Achievement through a Safe and Stimulating Learning Environment, centered on cultivating a…$904,4399% of action budgets

“Enhance Student Achievement through a Safe and Stimulating Learning Environment, centered on cultivating a secure, well-maintained learning facility that encourages creativity and innovation among students. We are committed to providing a holistic approach that prioritizes not only students but also staff and parents” p. 15 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $973,422 (−⁠$68,983)

Largest funded actions

  1. Engage Students With Equity and Purpose$425,912action 2.2 · p. 30 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $50,000 is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Build and Support Strong Relationships and Positive School Climate$358,527action 2.1 · p. 30 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $143,854 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Create and Maintain Safe Environments at All Facilities$60,000action 2.3 · p. 30 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Maintain support in counseling services for students with social emotional needs$60,000action 2.4 · p. 30 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Build and Support Strong Relationships and Positive School Climate−⁠$37,641$396,168 → $358,527 · p. 30 ↗
  2. Engage Students With Equity and Purpose−⁠$31,342$457,254 → $425,912 · p. 30 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Create and Maintain Safe Environments at All Facilities · $60,000 → $60,000 · p. 30 ↗unchanged
  • Maintain support in counseling services for students with social emotional needs · $60,000 → $60,000 · p. 30 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 8 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 15 ↗.

Goal 3Hickman Community Charter District will foster student, family, and community engagement to create…$85,0001% of action budgets

“Hickman Community Charter District will foster student, family, and community engagement to create collaborative educational partnerships that benefit every student” p. 21 ↗

2 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $85,000 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Provide Regular and Interactive Communication to Our Partners$45,000action 3.2 · p. 30 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Establish and Maintain Partners in Education$40,000action 3.1 · p. 30 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Provide Regular and Interactive Communication to Our Partners · $45,000 → $45,000 · p. 30 ↗unchanged
  • Establish and Maintain Partners in Education · $40,000 → $40,000 · p. 30 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 5 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 21 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 1,096 students
1. White: 57%2. Hispanic or Latino: 32%3. Two or more races: 5%4. Asian: 2%5. Black or African American: 2%6. Not reported: 1%7. Filipino: <1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. White57%
  2. Hispanic or Latino32%
  3. Two or more races5%
  4. Asian2%
  5. Black or African American2%
  6. Not reported1%
  7. Filipino<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  9. Pacific Islander<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.

Free or reduced-price meals

42%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 464 of 1,096 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

Hickman Community Charter isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 47% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (22 of 47 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Common questions

Which public schools in Hickman Community Charter rank highest?

Elementary: Hickman Elementary, 67th percentile (Solid). Middle: Hickman Middle, 73rd percentile (Solid). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the Hickman Community Charter district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in Hickman Community Charter good?

Hickman Community Charter’s 2 public elementary schools run from the 47th to the 67th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 1 Developing. Hickman Community Charter’s 2 public middle schools run from the 58th to the 73rd percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Solid. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How much does Hickman Community Charter spend per student?

Hickman Community Charter spent $12,859 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 70 cents of every Hickman Community Charter dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in Hickman Community Charter’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $10.5 million into 9 funded actions in 3 goals, 63% of its $16.6 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $9.5 million, 91% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by Hickman Community Charter, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

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