Baden High (continuation)

· San Mateo County · South San Francisco Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Baden High (continuation).

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)
93 (2018)111 (2026)
+19.4%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
57 (2018)91 (2026)
+59.6%

If this trend holds (+2.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~113 +2 $0
3 yr (2029) ~119 +8 $0
5 yr (2031) ~124 +13 $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 San Mateo County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Mixed signal
Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating San Mateo County (+59.6% vs. -5.3%), but 109 of 170 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 56.6% (up -3.1 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+59.6%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-5.3%  San Mateo County baseline
+64.9pp  gap vs. county
35.9%  retention (county median 93.0%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
35.9%
61 of 170 students

109 of 170 students who enrolled at Baden High (continuation) this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (64.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Mateo County median
93.0% · school is in the 7th percentile of 28 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 10th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (123) 33.3%
Socio. disadvantaged (117) 34.2%
Students w/ disabilities (64) 53.1%
English learners (37) 27.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Thornton High 33.3% Peninsula High (continuation) 62.6% Academy (the)- Sf @mcateer 89.4% Gateway To College High At Laney College 62.8% Kipp San Francisco College Preparatory 85.9%

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
56.6%
90 of 159 students

Absenteeism is down 3.1 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

San Mateo County median
20.1% · school is worse than 86% of 28 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 = 46
13.0%
incl. 2.2% exceeded
-47.0 pts vs. San Mateo County median (60.0%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 43
2.3%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-30.2 pts vs. San Mateo County median (32.5%) · 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 69% -4.3
Filipino 9% -1.2
Two or more 8%
White 7%
Asian 4% -1.5
Black / African Am. 1%
Pacific Islander 1% -1.6
American Indian 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 55% -15.3
Socioeconomically disadv. 43% +11.8
English learners 10% -16.4

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 — South San Francisco 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
$151.9M
+26.6% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,568
8,182 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 14.6%
Local: 77.6%
Federal: 7.8%
Instruction share
58.5%
of current spending · $9,180/pupil
Long-term debt
$162.4M
+10.2% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 South San Francisco 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).

Baden High (continuation) — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 60% (57→91 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -15%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+2.2%/yr); projects to ~119 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

111 students (2026)
~119 projected (2029)
at +2.2%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Baden High (continuation) Public 111 +60%
Peer-group median -15%
Thornton High Public 106 -37%
Peninsula High (continuation) Public 119 -19%
Academy (the)- Sf @mcateer Public 98 -72%
Gateway To College High At Laney College Public 100 -11%
Kipp San Francisco College Preparatory Public 177 -40%
Dewey High School Public 127 -52%
Downtown High Public 182 +352%
Wells (ida B.) High Public 192 +150%
S.f. County Opportunity (hilltop) Public 59 +85%
Street Academy Alternative High Public 83 +4%

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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