Branham High School
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If this trend holds (+0.7%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~1,832 | +13 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~1,859 | +40 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~1,886 | +67 | $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 Santa Clara County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Branham High School outperformed Santa Clara County on enrollment (school +30.4% vs. county -6.2%) AND maintains 94.8% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.
98 of 1,880 students who enrolled at Branham High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (5.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
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.
Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.
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.
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
Program subgroups
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 — Campbell Union High (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.
Local: 79.3%
Federal: 6.3%
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 Campbell Union High 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).
+3.6 pp above peer median (29.5%) · Ranked #5 of 11 similar schools
18.5%
29.5%
53.3%
33.1%
Higher than 76% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Branham High School's UC Reach of 33.1% is in the top quartile statewide (median 18.5%; top 25% bar 32.0%) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 53.3%.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 70 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Branham High School's UC Reach is higher than 76% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
Branham High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · San Jose · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Branham High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #5 of 11): 33% vs. a peer median of 30%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 8 points since 2018.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 30% (375→489 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -8%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+0.7%/yr); projects to ~1859 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branham High School | Public | 1819 | 33.1% | +30% |
| Peer-group median | 29.5% | -8% | ||
| Leigh High School | Public | 1894 | 47.1% | +18% |
| Los Gatos High School | Public | 1862 | 40.0% | +5% |
| Willow Glen High School | Public | 1537 | 30.3% | -8% |
| Westmont High School | Public | 1631 | 28.7% | +12% |
| Pioneer High School | Public | 1342 | 35.4% | -10% |
| Cupertino High School | Public | 1814 | 77.7% | -13% |
| Santa Teresa High School | Public | 2205 | 27.5% | -1% |
| Abraham Lincoln High | Public | 1575 | 17.6% | -17% |
| Silver Creek High School | Public | 2057 | 28.2% | -16% |
| Andrew P Hill High School | Public | 1497 | 12.0% | -7% |
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 →
Admit rate vs. CA peer average, by campus ⓘ
How does this school's admit rate at each UC compare to other CA schools whose applicant pool averages the same GPA?
| Campus | Applicant GPA (avg) | Actual admit rate | CA peer avg | Δ | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 4.04 | 10.2% | 13.2% | -3.1pp | On target |
| UCLA | 4.03 | 9.5% | 9.4% | +0.1pp | On target |
| UC San Diego | 4.02 | 17.0% | 19.6% | -2.6pp | On target |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.97 | 29.3% | 31.3% | -2.0pp | On target |
| UC Irvine | 4.00 | 19.3% | 26.6% | -7.2pp | Under |
| UC Davis | 3.94 | 24.6% | 32.5% | -7.8pp | Under |
Where Branham High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (18.6% actual vs. 22.4% expected).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 128 | 13 | 11 | 10.2% | 2.7% | 84.6% | 4.04 | 4.26 |
| UCLA → Elite | 137 | 13 | 6 | 9.5% | 2.7% | 46.2% | 4.03 | 4.29 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 147 | 25 | 4 | 17.0% | 5.2% | 16.0% | 4.02 | 4.25 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 150 | 44 | 9 | 29.3% | 9.1% | 20.5% | 3.97 | 4.26 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 150 | 29 | 6 | 19.3% | 6.0% | 20.7% | 4.00 | 4.20 |
| UC Davis → | 142 | 35 | 5 | 24.6% | 7.3% | 14.3% | 3.94 | 4.24 |