SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

A relatively new charter school in the Del Paso Heights area of Sacramento marked its first day of school for the 2025-2026 year.

Capital College and Career Academy (CCCA) celebrated the start of its third school year Wednesday after officially opening its doors at the start of the 2023-2024 school year.

The tuition-free public charter school offers a unique hands-on learning environment for students, according to administrators.

The school is home to mostly low- and middle-income students from the north Sacramento area, the school said.

Those students will graduate with Sacramento State credits or they'll go on to receive jobs with area construction companies.

"Given this is a smaller school in general, I can learn better because I can advocate for myself better

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