Calaveras River Academy

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No UC admissions data on file for Calaveras River 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 (9–12)
26 (2018)21 (2026)
-19.2%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
3 (2018)5 (2026)
+66.7%

If this trend holds (-2.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~20 -1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~19 -2 $0
5 yr (2031) ~18 -3 $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 Calaveras 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 Calaveras County (+66.7% vs. -16.3%), but 14 of 22 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 91.7% (up +10.4 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+66.7%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-16.3%  Calaveras County baseline
+83.0pp  gap vs. county
36.4%  retention (county median 85.7%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate
36.4%
8 of 22 students

14 of 22 students who enrolled at Calaveras River Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (63.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Calaveras County median
85.7% · school is in the 0th percentile of 3 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 10th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (21) 38.1%

Nearest peer high schools

Gold Strike High 28.3% Vallecito Continuation High 26.7% North Star Academy 33.8% Pride Continuation 44.7% Independence High (continuation) 32.2%

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
94.7%
18 of 19 students

Absenteeism is up 13.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Calaveras County median
16.0% · school is worse than 100% of 3 HS
Statewide median
22.9%

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).

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

White 56% -8.1
Hispanic / Latino 31% +2.6
Two or more 6%
American Indian 6%

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 — Calaveras County Office of Education (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
$17.7M
+8.3% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$35,935
493 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 65.5%
Local: 23.4%
Federal: 11.0%
Instruction share
38.4%
of current spending · $13,192/pupil
Total revenue by year ($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 Calaveras County Office of Education 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).

Calaveras River Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 67% (3→5 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +2%.
  • At its recent rate (-2.6%/yr), enrollment projects to ~19 by 2029 — about 2 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

21 students (2026)
~19 projected (2029)
at -2.6%/yr

That's about 2 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
Calaveras River Academy Public 21 +67%
Peer-group median +2%
Gold Strike High Public 26 +7%
Vallecito Continuation High Public 36 -38%
North Star Academy Public 31 +0%
Pride Continuation Public 18 +7%
Independence High (continuation) Public 53 -7%
Dario Cassina High Public 40 +4%
Vista High (continuation) Public 16 -25%
Mountain Oaks School Public 139 +12%
Adelante High Public 33 -41%
Theodore Bird High Public 63 +44%

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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