Bayside Steam Academy

· San Diego County · South Bay Union
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No UC admissions data on file for Bayside Steam Academy.

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
534 (2018)346 (2026)
-35.2%

If this trend holds (-5.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~328 -18 $0
3 yr (2029) ~294 -52 $0
5 yr (2031) ~264 -82 $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 Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
84.7%
338 of 399 students

61 of 399 students who enrolled at Bayside Steam Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (15.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.7% · school is in the 31st percentile of 207 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 33rd percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (336) 84.8%
Socio. disadvantaged (300) 86.7%
English learners (162) 84.0%
Students w/ disabilities (58) 96.6%
White (23) 91.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Leonardo Da Vinci Health Sciences Charter 79.8% Integrity Charter 90.9% E3 Civic High 88.8% America's Finest Charter 76.3% Kipp Adelante Preparatory Academy 83.1%

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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
31.4%
121 of 385 students

Absenteeism is up 12.3 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Diego County median
18.9% · school is worse than 82% of 205 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
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).

Bayside Steam Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-5.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~294 by 2029 — about 52 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

346 students (2026)
~294 projected (2029)
at -5.3%/yr

That's about 52 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
Bayside Steam Academy Public 346
Peer-group median 7.7% -21%
Leonardo Da Vinci Health Sciences Charter Public 311
Integrity Charter Public 388
E3 Civic High Public 344 10.5% -7%
America's Finest Charter Public 334 -6%
Kipp Adelante Preparatory Academy Public 306
Urban Discovery Academy Charter Public 310 -33%
Palomar High Public 222 -21%
King-Chavez Academy Of Excellence Public 274
King-Chavez Community High Public 255 4.8% -66%
Howard Gardner Community Charter Public 199

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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