Our Impact

With the support of the Pueblo Nuevo Education and Development Group and under the leadership of Adriana Abich, an accomplished educator, Camino Nuevo Charter Academy schools are proving that all children can learn and achieve at high levels.

In 2015, Camino Nuevo earned the Bright Spot Award from the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics for closing achievement gaps between English learners and native English speakers. More recently, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools inducted Camino Nuevo into its Charter Schools Hall of Fame, our Burlington campus was named a Top School for closing the Achievement Gap for Latino learners in 2020 and 2021, and our Dalzell Lance High School is a 2024 California Distinguished School. This level of recognition shows that our programs are making a difference and are a model for how to address educational disparities for English learners.

Camino Nuevo’s high school is also successfully preparing low-income, first-generation students for college. Since graduating its first class in 2008, Camino Nuevo has maintained a 90 percent cohort graduation rate, with all seniors meeting admission requirements for the University of California and California State University systems. In 2023, 70% percent of our students entered postsecondary education immediately after high school. Pueblo Nuevo's alumni support program also helps graduates complete college. Just 15 percent of low-income students nationwide earn a bachelor’s degree within six years. That rate is more than double for Camino Nuevo graduates thanks to our combination of scholarship and mentorship.