Cal Aero Preserve Academy

· San Bernardino County · Chino Valley Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Cal Aero Preserve 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
1,331 (2018)974 (2026)
-26.8%

If this trend holds (-3.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~937 -37 $0
3 yr (2029) ~866 -108 $0
5 yr (2031) ~801 -173 $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 Bernardino County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
90.4%
966 of 1,068 students

102 of 1,068 students who enrolled at Cal Aero Preserve Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Bernardino County median
83.7% · school is in the 78th percentile of 157 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 60th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (550) 86.2%
Hispanic / Latino (363) 91.5%
Asian (362) 89.2%
English learners (166) 80.1%
Students w/ disabilities (116) 92.2%
White (101) 92.1%

Nearest peer high schools

Allegiance Steam Academy - Thrive 92.8% Robert O. Townsend Junior High 91.4% Cesar Chavez Academy 92.6% Home Gardens Academy 93.7% Del Sol Academy 88.7%

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
10.0%
105 of 1,048 students

Absenteeism is up 4.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Bernardino County median
24.5% · school is better than 82% of 155 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).

District financial profile — Chino 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
$395.7M
+5.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$14,922
26,520 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 55.7%
Local: 35.2%
Federal: 9.2%
Instruction share
60.6%
of current spending · $7,523/pupil
Long-term debt
$597.1M
+69.0% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Chino 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).

Cal Aero Preserve Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-3.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~866 by 2029 — about 108 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

974 students (2026)
~866 projected (2029)
at -3.8%/yr

That's about 108 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
Cal Aero Preserve Academy Public 974
Peer-group median 9.9% -28%
Allegiance Steam Academy - Thrive Public 953
Robert O. Townsend Junior High Public 927
Cesar Chavez Academy Public 1017
Home Gardens Academy Public 939
Del Sol Academy Public 1178
Don Antonio Lugo High School Public 1158 9.9% -24%
Canyon Hills Junior High Public 1088
John F. Kennedy High Public 697 -31%
Central Language Academy Public 751
Grace Yokley Junior High Public 624

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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