S. William Abel Academy
Williams · CA · Colusa County Office of Education · Public · K-12 combined
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Coastal Buttes Academy → Williams Junior/Senior High → Mid Valley High (Continuation) → Colusa High → Maxwell Sr High → Pierce High → Feather River Charter → Princeton High →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How S. William Abel Academy compares for families
What families should know about S. William Abel Academy.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Coastal Buttes Academy, Williams Junior/Senior High, Mid Valley High (Continuation) and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +62.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 43 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Buttes Academy Williams |
Public | 0.0 | 12 | — |
| Williams Junior/Senior High Williams |
Public | 1.1 | 401 | +0.8% |
| Mid Valley High (Continuation) Williams |
Public | 1.2 | 19 | — |
| Colusa High Colusa |
Public | 6.9 | 431 | +0.2% |
| Maxwell Sr High Maxwell |
Public | 8.6 | 117 | +18.2% |
| Pierce High Arbuckle |
Public | 11.3 | 463 | -7.2% |
| Feather River Charter Meridian |
Public · charter | 17.4 | 614 | +61.6% |
| Princeton High Princeton |
Public | 17.9 | 43 | — |