Clairemont High School
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If this trend holds (-1.7%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~790 | -14 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~764 | -40 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~738 | -66 | $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 Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Tracking San Diego County on enrollment (-6.5% vs. -7.8%), but stability (85.6%) is below the county median. Retention is the levered fix. Chronic absenteeism is rising (26.5%, +11.4 pts since 2016-17) — a watch signal worth monitoring as a leading indicator.
125 of 869 students who enrolled at Clairemont High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (14.4% 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.
Absenteeism is up 11.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
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 — San Diego 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.
Local: 65.2%
Federal: 10.6%
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 San Diego 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).
-19.1 pp vs. peer median (31.1%) · Ranked #8 of 9 similar schools
18.5%
31.1%
53.3%
12.0%
Higher than 28% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Clairemont High School's UC Reach of 12.0% is below the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.
Against similar schools, Clairemont High School trails the peer-group median (31.1%) — even though it looks strong vs. the state average.
Overall, Clairemont High School's UC Reach is higher than 28% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
Clairemont High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · San Diego · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Clairemont High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #8 of 9): 12% vs. a peer median of 31%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 12 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 6% (215→201 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -14%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~764 by 2029 — about 40 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clairemont High School | Public | 804 | 12.0% | -6% |
| Peer-group median | 31.1% | -14% | ||
| Madison High | Public | 753 | 8.3% | -16% |
| Preuss School UCSD | Public | 825 | 86.1% | +17% |
| Mission Bay High | Public | 1280 | 26.0% | +38% |
| LA Jolla High | Public | 1147 | 62.5% | -22% |
| Coronado High School | Public | 990 | 29.3% | -14% |
| Canyon Hills High School | Public | 1160 | 20.6% | -26% |
| Health Sciences High And Middle College | Public | 552 | — | -13% |
| High Tech High Mesa | Public | 432 | 38.8% | +3% |
| John Muir Language Academy | Public | 418 | — | — |
| University City High | Public | 1445 | 33.0% | -26% |
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 | 13.6% | 13.3% | +0.3pp | On target |
| UC San Diego | 4.01 | 15.2% | 19.8% | -4.6pp | On target |
| UC Santa Barbara | 4.10 | 36.4% | 38.9% | -2.5pp | On target |
| UC Irvine | 3.99 | 15.0% | 26.0% | -11.0pp | Under |
| UC Davis | 4.05 | 40.0% | 33.2% | +6.8pp | Over |
Where Clairemont High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (22.3% actual vs. 25.2% 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 | 22 | 3 | — | 13.6% | 1.4% | — | 4.04 | — |
| UCLA → Elite | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.98 | — |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 33 | 5 | — | 15.2% | 2.4% | — | 4.01 | 4.20 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 22 | 8 | — | 36.4% | 3.8% | — | 4.10 | 4.24 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 20 | 3 | — | 15.0% | 1.4% | — | 3.99 | — |
| UC Davis → | 15 | 6 | 3 | 40.0% | 2.9% | 50.0% | 4.05 | 4.16 |