A California Public High schools includes public, continuation and alternative schools. Private and adult education schools are not included in reporting.

All public high schools and districts are automatically included in the race and separated by the size of the senior class.

If your school is not listed, the Commission can manually add your school as long as the following parameters are met:

• Is your school a public/charter school?
• Is your school serving 12th graders?

If YES to both questions, schools can email their request to SchoolSupport@csac.ca.gov to be added to the dashboard. Please include the following information in your request:

• School name
• College Board Code (CEEB code)
• CDS Code
• Senior enrollment count as reported to CDE for the current academic year

High schools senior enrollment includes public, continuation and alternative schools. Private and adult education schools are not included as part of the total enrollment.

The source of the data is the California Department of Education (CDE) certified enrollment numbers compared to the total completed FAFSAs (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and CADAAs (California Dream Act Application).

At the start of the Race to Submit campaign, the Commission uses the prior year’s certified October census senior enrollment data as reported to the California Department of Education (CDE). The Commission will update the Dashboard when the Class of certified data becomes available (usually in the spring).

Application submission data is updated from October through March of the following year, it is refreshed on a weekly basis with new applications and awards. Final application and award data is presented annually in the fall.

• A submitted FAFSA does not have an EFC because it has not been completed and needs info to determine the EFC.
• A completed FAFSA has an EFC and can be used to determine Cal Grant eligibility if the GPA is matched.

The Race to Submit displays two academic year cycles to provide a side-by-side comparison. Each cycle data will have the same date in prior year from the previous cycle.

The Race to Submit uses both FAFSA and CADAA to measure application totals, while the Federal Student Aid only uses FAFSA for completion totals.

These are several reason for lower competition rates, including:

• Your school may be listed in different ways on the financial aid form or
• When applying for financial aid your student may have incorrectly inputted your school name. This happens if students entered your school name in different ways on the financial aid form.

Great job on your high school’s submission numbers. For the Race to Submit campaign, we also measure the percentage (%) of financial aid applications that are matched to a submitted Grade Point Average (GPA); this information is displayed on the right-hand dial titled, “Completed Applications and Cal Grant Awards.” Because this part of the data is looking at submitted GPAs, a low completion rate on this dial could indicate an issue with your high school’s GPA submission – either no GPAs have been submitted or the graduation year that was provided in the GPA upload is incorrect. Contact our School Support team for additional information at 1-888-294-0153 or SchoolSupport@csac.ca.gov

Yes. Search for California Public High Schools and add to compare to view or compare.

Please contact the designated System Administrator at your campus or district. They can create a WebGrants profile for you. If you do not know or have a System Administrator, please contact the California Student Aid Commission at 1-888-294-0148. With a WebGrants account, you can download student specific reports.

You can export the all Public California High School report by clicking on the Export button located at the right tab area. This can be a tool to track the number applications and help set goals for your school, district or county!

The California Student Aid Commission has several resources to provide counselor and educators with financial aid information at http://www.csac.ca.gov under the High School tab. Here you can find outreach materials and training opportunities to better inform your students about the various types of financial aid applications and opportunities.

Starting October 1 through the March 2 Cal Grant deadline, students and families can attend FREE Cash for College workshops across California for help completing the Free Application for FAFSA or CADAA and Chafee Grant for Foster Youth applications. Specifically, if you are interested in hosting or promoting a Cash-4-College event please visit https://www.cash4college.csac.ca.gov. Here you can search for workshops by location, zip code, school name and county.