California charter schools

Name: Top 20 Charter schools in California
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There are 513charter schools in California. Combined, these Californiancharter schoolsemploy 68,080 people, earn more than $8 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $10 billion.

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Charter schools by major California cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Los Angeles	154	23,589	$2,823,603,990	$4,501,422,407
San Diego	61	7,464	$803,882,396	$1,262,016,303
Riverside	48	6,790	$847,098,983	$881,478,308
San Francisco	42	9,937	$1,021,597,856	$1,314,750,985
Sacramento	30	3,877	$480,298,142	$445,826,352
Oxnard	24	2,352	$302,756,627	$156,356,616
San Jose	15	3,237	$370,191,394	$571,494,973
Santa Rosa	14	380	$56,671,493	$90,546,840
Fresno	13	984	$120,089,039	$82,793,040
Chico	13	946	$68,385,588	$91,666,535

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Job trends for California charter schools

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	40
1-10	9
11-25	33
26-100	209
101 to 1,000	173
1,000+	8

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in California charter schools is driven by large organizations like Aspire Public Schools, Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, Kipp Socal Public Schools, Rocketship Public Schools (RPS), and The San Francisco Sheriff's Department Five Keys Charter School.

Sizes of charter schools in California

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	25
$250k to $1M	21
$1M to $5M	135
$5M to $25M	216
$25M to $100M	75
$100M+	10

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Aspire Public Schools, Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, Green Dot Public Schools, Kipp Socal Public Schools, and Rocketship Public Schools (RPS) earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in California charter schools.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 0.2% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in California charter schools with more than $100 million account for 23.3% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of charter schools in California

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Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA)

The Orange County School of the Arts provides a creative, challenging, and nurturing environment that offers bright and talented students unparalleled preparation for higher education and a profession in the arts.

Revenue

$44.9m

Assets

$30.4m

Employees

565

EIN

33-0891574

IRS type

501(c)(3)

New Designs Charter Schools

New Designs Charter Schools are committed to the development of a college-preparatory learning environment that enables students to become literate, self-motivated, and life-long learners.

Revenue

$23.4m

Assets

$104.9m

Employees

128

EIN

71-0940292

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Aspire Public Schools

Aspire Public Schools' purpose is to prepare their 16,000+ TK-12 students for success in college, career, and life.

Revenue

$327.0m

Assets

$293.7m

Employees

2,632

EIN

94-3311088

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Options for Youth - San Juan (OFY)

Options For Youth (OFY) is free public charter school, serving students grades 7-12 who have fallen behind in school, are looking to get ahead and graduate early, or simply desire a non-traditional learning environment.

Revenue

$14.1m

Assets

$15.3m

Employees

100

EIN

26-0564837

IRS type

501(c)(3)

New Opportunities Charter School

New Opportunities Charter School trains at-risk individuals, inmates and former inmates in academic, social and emotional skills to obtain work skills.

Revenue

$9.2m

Assets

$22.8m

Employees

EIN

46-2946139

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Leadership Public Schools (LPS)

To prepare traditionally underserved students to succeed in college and become leaders in their communities while at the same time developing replicable practices that can improve urban education across the nation.

Revenue

$28.7m

Assets

$83.1m

Employees

266

EIN

73-1643646

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lighthouse Community Public Schools

Lighthouse Community Public Schools prepares diverse students for college or career with self-motivated, lifelong learning skills while disrupting educational inequities.

Revenue

$33.3m

Assets

$102.1m

Employees

341

EIN

94-3370410

IRS type

501(c)(3)

California Online Public Schools

Personalized online public school for grades K-12 with six California Connections Academies locations, empowering global citizens through 21st century resources.

Revenue

$106.0m

Assets

$62.9m

Employees

482

EIN

51-0596749

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center (Vaughn), located in the city of Pacoima, is a large urban public school operating within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).

Revenue

$69.8m

Assets

$233.5m

Employees

659

EIN

95-4423356

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Thomas Edison Charter Academy

The mission of Thomas Edison Charter Academy is to nurture the artistic, social, emotional, and intellectual growth of each child so that all of our students become lifelong learners and innovative problem-solvers.

Revenue

$13.1m

Assets

$13.8m

Employees

149

EIN

91-2162243

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The San Francisco Sheriff's Department Five Keys Charter School

The mission of The organization is to restore communities through education and other programs that respond to The students and community needs, which in turn creates safer communities.

Revenue

$97.0m

Assets

$50.5m

Employees

1,465

EIN

81-0622701

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Pacific Charter School Development

Non-profit real estate developer accelerating urban school reform by providing low-cost facilities to high-quality charter schools.

Revenue

$12.1m

Assets

$75.9m

Employees

EIN

20-0696786

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Equitas Academy Charter School

Equitas Academy Charter School prepares K-8 students for college preparatory high schools and higher education through structured, achievement-based education.

Revenue

$41.7m

Assets

$115.0m

Employees

306

EIN

26-2439216

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Bright Star Schools

To provide holistic, inclusive support for all students to achieve academic excellence and grow their unique talents so that they find joy and fulfillment in higher education, career, and life.

Revenue

$116.4m

Assets

$176.5m

Employees

637

EIN

55-0806673

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Wilders Preparatory Academy Charter School

Empowering independent learners through community-driven curriculums and skill-building programs. Located in Inglewood, CA.

Revenue

$10.4m

Assets

$14.6m

Employees

EIN

20-0144089

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Value Schools

The Value Schools mission is to establish and support high quality, values based elementary and secondary charter schools for populations of students who have been historically underserved by the public school system.

Revenue

$37.2m

Assets

$84.2m

Employees

291

EIN

95-4813155

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Accelerated Schools

The Accelerated Schools were founded on the belief that every child be treated as gifted, with an emphasis on high expectations for student achievement, a supportive learning environment, and extensive parent involvement.

Revenue

$35.9m

Assets

$112.7m

Employees

284

EIN

95-4487850

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Caliber Public Schools

Caliber Schools are free, public, non-selective charter schools offering a rigorous, personalized, college preparatory education for Bay Area students. They teach critical life skills such as conflict resolution and goal setting.

Revenue

$33.0m

Assets

$66.5m

Employees

294

EIN

46-1219795

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lennox Math Science and Technology Academy

A charter school in Inglewood, CA that specializes in mathematics, science, and technology for equipping students with skills for success.

Revenue

$11.1m

Assets

$22.0m

Employees

EIN

46-4741735

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Foundation

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Foundation supports The Palmdale Aerospace Academy by providing educational services.

Revenue

$5.5m

Assets

$85.4m

Employees

EIN

81-1881446

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

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California charter schools

Charter schools by major California cities

Job trends for California charter schools

Sizes of charter schools in California

Directory of charter schools in California

Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA)

New Designs Charter Schools

Aspire Public Schools

Options for Youth - San Juan (OFY)

New Opportunities Charter School

Leadership Public Schools (LPS)

Lighthouse Community Public Schools

California Online Public Schools

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center

Thomas Edison Charter Academy

The San Francisco Sheriff's Department Five Keys Charter School

Pacific Charter School Development

Equitas Academy Charter School

Bright Star Schools

Wilders Preparatory Academy Charter School

Value Schools

The Accelerated Schools

Caliber Public Schools

Lennox Math Science and Technology Academy

The Palmdale Aerospace Academy Foundation

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