Anderson Valley Junior-Senior High

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No UC admissions data on file for Anderson Valley Junior-Senior High.

This school doesn't appear in UCOP's source-school records (it may send few or no applicants to UC). Its enrollment trend and similar-school comparison are still below.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
209 (2018)183 (2026)
-12.4%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
26 (2018)36 (2026)
+38.5%

If this trend holds (-1.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~180 -3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~174 -9 $0
5 yr (2031) ~168 -15 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Mendocino County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Healthy
Best in class — winning on demand and retention.

Anderson Valley Junior-Senior High outperformed Mendocino County on enrollment (school +38.5% vs. county +0.3%) AND maintains 96.2% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working. Chronic absenteeism is rising (29.5%, +14.7 pts since 2016-17) — a watch signal worth monitoring as a leading indicator.

+38.5%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+0.3%  Mendocino County baseline
+38.2pp  gap vs. county
96.2%  retention (county median 90.7%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
96.2%
127 of 132 students

5 of 132 students who enrolled at Anderson Valley Junior-Senior High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (3.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Mendocino County median
90.7% · school is in the 100th percentile of 10 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 94th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (164) 96.3%
Socio. disadvantaged (155) 95.5%
English learners (50) 94.0%
White (26) 92.3%
Students w/ disabilities (25) 96.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Redwood Collegiate Academy 83.8% Sequoia Career Academy 62.9% South Valley High (continuation) 57.8% Ukiah Independent Study Academy 51.1% Point Arena High School 95.5%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

Chronic absent
33.8%
45 of 133 students

Absenteeism is up 19.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Mendocino County median
36.4% · school is better than 70% of 10 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

ELA — met or exceeded
n = 35
45.7%
incl. 22.9% exceeded
+10.3 pts above Mendocino County median (35.4%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 35
34.3%
incl. 8.6% exceeded
+20.8 pts above Mendocino County median (13.5%) · CA median 21.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino 86% +4.3
White 12% -6.7
Black / African Am. 2%
Two or more 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 79% -3.5

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

District financial profile — Anderson Valley Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$9.2M
-5.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$21,119
434 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 40.5%
Local: 42.6%
Federal: 16.8%
Instruction share
52.3%
of current spending · $10,018/pupil
Long-term debt
$6.5M
-7.2% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Anderson Valley Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

Anderson Valley Junior-Senior High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 38% (26→36 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -23%.
  • At its recent rate (-1.6%/yr), enrollment projects to ~174 by 2029 — about 9 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

183 students (2026)
~174 projected (2029)
at -1.6%/yr

That's about 9 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Anderson Valley Junior-Senior High Public 183 +38%
Peer-group median 9.2% -23%
Redwood Collegiate Academy Public 129 16.0% -8%
Sequoia Career Academy Public 127 -48%
South Valley High (continuation) Public 119 -30%
Ukiah Independent Study Academy Public 120 +0%
Point Arena High School Public 137 +6%
Mendocino High School Public 159 63.0% -25%
Willits Charter Public 131 -29%
Clear Lake High School Public 331 4.1% -26%
Upper Lake High School Public 321 9.2% +14%
Cloverdale High School Public 388 6.9% -21%

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

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