Centennial Continuation High

· Tehama County · Corning Union High
Public Tehama County 🏛 Corning Union High → CDS 5271506…
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No UC admissions data on file for Centennial 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)
27 (2018)35 (2026)
+29.6%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
14 (2018)18 (2026)
+28.6%

If this trend holds (+3.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~36 +1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~39 +4 $0
5 yr (2031) ~41 +6 $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 Tehama 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 Tehama County (+28.6% vs. +5.8%), but 75 of 102 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 79.8% (up +3.9 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+28.6%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+5.8%  Tehama County baseline
+22.8pp  gap vs. county
26.5%  retention (county median 55.4%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
26.5%
27 of 102 students

75 of 102 students who enrolled at Centennial Continuation High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (73.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Tehama County median
55.4% · school is in the 50th percentile of 6 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 4th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (90) 25.6%
Hispanic / Latino (64) 29.7%
English learners (37) 27.0%
White (32) 18.8%

Nearest peer high schools

North Valley High (continuation) 24.6% Academy For Change 30.2% Tehama Oaks High 3.0% Salisbury High (continuation) 26.1% Elk Creek High 73.1%

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: grades 9–12.

Chronic absent
79.8%
71 of 89 students

Absenteeism is up 3.9 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Tehama County median
18.8% · school is worse than 75% of 4 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 = 22
9.1%
incl. 4.5% exceeded
-39.0 pts vs. Tehama County median (48.1%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 21
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-20.1 pts vs. Tehama County median (20.1%) · 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 71% +1.1
White 26%
American Indian 3% +1.5

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 40% -49.2

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 — Corning 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.

Total revenue
$21.3M
+42.8% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$19,464
1,093 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 57.3%
Local: 23.2%
Federal: 19.5%
Instruction share
56.8%
of current spending · $7,989/pupil
Long-term debt
$7.5M
+30.4% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Corning 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).

Centennial Continuation High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 29% (14→18 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +11%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+3.3%/yr); projects to ~39 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

35 students (2026)
~39 projected (2029)
at +3.3%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Centennial Continuation High Public 35 +29%
Peer-group median +11%
North Valley High (continuation) Public 30 +70%
Academy For Change Public 25 +300%
Tehama Oaks High Public 13 -67%
Salisbury High (continuation) Public 104 +21%
Elk Creek High Public 22 +0%
Ridgeview High (continuation) Public 56 -37%
Princeton High Public 44 -35%
Fair View High (continuation) Public 100 -20%
Ella Barkley High Public 9 +40%
Willows Community High Public 17 +57%

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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