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Sierra High (continuation) → Divide High → Beckwourth (jim) High (continuation) → Wheatland Community Day High → Sierra Pass (continuation) → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-8.7%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~9 | -1 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~8 | -2 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~6 | -4 | $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 Placer County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Tracking Placer County on enrollment (+0.0% vs. -0.7%), but stability (44.4%) is below the county median. Retention is the levered fix. Chronic absenteeism is also at 70.6% (up +70.6 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.
10 of 18 students who enrolled at Cold Stream Alternative School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (55.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
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 68.8 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).
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.
Cold Stream Alternative School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Truckee · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 0% (4→4 from 2024 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -23%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-8.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~8 by 2029 — about 2 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Stream Alternative School | Public | 10 | — | +0% |
| Peer-group median | — | -23% | ||
| Sierra High (continuation) | Public | 32 | — | -23% |
| Divide High | Public | 9 | — | -38% |
| Beckwourth (jim) High (continuation) | Public | 8 | — | -77% |
| Wheatland Community Day High | Public | 7 | — | +0% |
| Sierra Pass (continuation) | Public | 3 | — | -67% |
| Greenville High School | Public | 17 | — | -67% |
| Alpine County Opportunity | Public | 5 | — | — |
| Downieville Junior-Senior High | Public | 22 | — | +0% |
| John Adams Academy | Public | 26 | — | +0% |
| Folsom Lake High | Public | 36 | — | -3% |
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 →
Campus Breakdown — 2024
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UC Irvine → Selective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |