Voices College Bound Language Academy at Stockton, Stockton CA

Original Research by School Decision on Voices College Bound Language Academy at Stockton

Voices College Bound Language Academy at Stockton is a charter school serving kindergarten through fifth grade (with eighth grade still to come as it grows). The school opened in 2020 and is expanding one grade level per year toward a full K-8 span, a timeline families should understand if they are enrolling older children.

The school's defining commitment is a Spanish-English dual-immersion curriculum. Students begin in kindergarten with a majority of instruction in Spanish and a smaller share in English. That ratio shifts by a set percentage each year until reaching a 50-50 balance in third grade and beyond. The stated goal is that every student graduates bilingual and biliterate. This is the pedagogical choice at the center of the school's identity, and a family considering enrollment is choosing this language pathway as their child's instructional model.

The student body is almost entirely Hispanic, drawn largely from families with limited English proficiency. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic circumstances of the neighborhoods the school serves in central Stockton. The enrollment is small, under a few hundred students total.

On California's state assessments, student proficiency has run well below grade-level benchmarks. In mathematics, across the grades tested, roughly one in five students scored at the proficient level or above. In English language arts, the proficiency rate was in a similar range. In science, the rate was comparable. These results place the school in the bottom quartile of proficiency when compared against other school districts in San Joaquin County.

The school is located on East Weber Avenue in downtown Stockton, an area that has seen modest downtown revitalization efforts in recent years alongside persistent economic challenges. Housing values in the zip code are moderate, and rental costs are below state and national medians.

A parent considering this school faces a clear trade-off. The dual-immersion model, if it aligns with the family's language goals and values, is a genuine pedagogical commitment with specialized instruction. At the same time, the school's academic performance data shows students are not yet meeting grade-level proficiency standards at rates comparable to many other schools in the county. Families may want to discuss directly with the school how it is addressing the proficiency gap and what support structures exist for students working toward grade-level skills while learning in two languages simultaneously.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · district not reported

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

Grade 418%

School 18% · district not reported

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

Grade 59%

School 9% · district not reported

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 323%

School 23% · district not reported

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

Grade 423%

School 23% · district not reported

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 518%

School 18% · district not reported

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Science

Grade 518%

School 18% · district not reported

▼ 10 pts below state median · even with 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.