Sol Aureus College Preparatory, Sacramento CA

Original Research by School Decision on Sol Aureus College Preparatory

Sol Aureus College Preparatory is a charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Sacramento. It operates as its own single-school charter district within the Sacramento City Unified School District boundary. The school's charter was conditionally renewed in November 2024 for a five-year term, and the district added Transitional Kindergarten to the grade span around the same time, extending the entry point for families with younger children.

The school has a small to mid-sized enrollment across its grade span, with students fairly evenly distributed from kindergarten through eighth grade. More than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of economic need. The student body is diverse: roughly equal shares of Black and Hispanic students make up the enrollment plurality, with a notable Asian population and smaller shares of white and multiracial students.

On California's standardized assessments, the school's performance is mixed and uneven across grades. In English language arts, proficiency ranges widely. Third grade and eighth grade perform notably better, while fourth through sixth grades show lower proficiency. Math shows steeper challenges. Third grade and eighth grade have proficiency in the upper range, but grades four through six dip substantially lower, with fifth grade seeing the lowest performance of the tested grades. In science, tested in grades five and eight, proficiency is below half in both years. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among districts in Sacramento County, though readers should note this reflects the cohort of schools in the county and does not mean proficiency rates themselves are high in absolute terms. A parent may want to look into the uneven performance across grade levels, particularly the dip in middle grades, and the overall low science proficiency, to understand what instruction looks like in those areas.

The school presents a college-preparatory focus in its name and mission. Music is offered. The school is located in a residential part of Sacramento where median home values are below the California state benchmark. Monthly rental costs are modest. The economic context includes a steady regional unemployment rate and mortgage rates in the mid-six-percent range. Sacramento as a place has limited publicly reported information available about its neighborhood character, walkability, or major employers, so a parent considering the school may want to visit the area and talk with current families to get a fuller picture of the community.

Enrollment stability through 2029 is secured by the charter renewal, and the addition of Transitional Kindergarten reflects organizational intention to grow and deepen the K-8 pathway. For families drawn to a small, diverse, college-prep charter environment with room to observe and evaluate the school's work in the middle grades, this is a concrete option to explore directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 360%

School 60% · district not reported

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 435%

School 35% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 522%

School 22% · district not reported

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 632%

School 32% · district not reported

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 732%

School 32% · district not reported

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 860%

School 60% · district not reported

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 339%

School 39% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 447%

School 47% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 543%

School 43% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 642%

School 42% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 769%

School 69% · district not reported

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 862%

School 62% · district not reported

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Science

Grade 524%

School 24% · district not reported

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 835%

School 35% · district not reported

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income44%Higher-income50%6 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income29%Higher-income58%29 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income24%Higher-income57%34 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income63%Higher-income75%12 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income64%Higher-income58%6 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income31%Higher-income39%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income14%Higher-income32%18 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income18%Higher-income43%25 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income22%Higher-income42%20 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income54%Higher-income67%13 pp gap