Calico Continuation High

· San Bernardino County · Silver Valley Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Calico Continuation High.

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)
21 (2018)39 (2026)
+85.7%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
9 (2018)12 (2026)
+33.3%

If this trend holds (+8.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~42 +3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~49 +10 $0
5 yr (2031) ~57 +18 $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.

Mixed signal
Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating San Bernardino County (+33.3% vs. +0.0%), but 45 of 70 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 77.3% (up +30.4 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+33.3%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+0.0%  San Bernardino County baseline
+33.3pp  gap vs. county
35.7%  retention (county median 80.5%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
35.7%
25 of 70 students

45 of 70 students who enrolled at Calico Continuation High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (64.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Bernardino County median
80.5% · school is in the 10th percentile of 99 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 10th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (67) 40.3%
Hispanic / Latino (45) 37.8%
White (25) 36.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Central High (continuation) 23.4% Goodwill High 15.7% Mountain High 44.4% Chautauqua High (continuation) 27.4% Baker High School 93.8%

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
79.7%
47 of 59 students

Absenteeism is up 32.8 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Bernardino County median
26.7% · school is worse than 95% of 97 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 = 15
33.3%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-13.0 pts vs. San Bernardino County median (46.3%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 15
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-15.8 pts vs. San Bernardino County median (15.8%) · 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 57% +11.3
White 27% -3.3
Black / African Am. 8% -7.1
Asian 3%
Two or more 3%
Pacific Islander 3%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 35% +1.8

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 — Silver 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
$41.4M
+22.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$20,544
2,014 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 51.0%
Local: 9.6%
Federal: 39.3%
Instruction share
49.2%
of current spending · $9,304/pupil
Total revenue by year ($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 Silver 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).

Calico Continuation High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 33% (9→12 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +2%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+8.0%/yr); projects to ~49 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

39 students (2026)
~49 projected (2029)
at +8.0%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Calico Continuation High Public 39 +33%
Peer-group median +2%
Central High (continuation) Public 95 -16%
Goodwill High Public 46 -79%
Mountain High Public 39 -15%
Chautauqua High (continuation) Public 50 +0%
Baker High School Public 26 +120%
Mcgowan (robert) High (continuation) Public 25 +250%
Independence Charter Academy Public 105 -48%
Silver Valley High School Public 415 +32%
Mountain View High Public 11 +50%
Chaparral High Public 133 +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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