Confluence Continuation High

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No UC admissions data on file for Confluence 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)
57 (2018)75 (2026)
+31.6%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
23 (2018)47 (2026)
+104.3%

If this trend holds (+3.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~78 +3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~83 +8 $0
5 yr (2031) ~89 +14 $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.

Mixed signal
Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Placer County (+104.3% vs. +16.4%), but 66 of 140 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 80.0% (up -4.6 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+104.3%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+16.4%  Placer County baseline
+87.9pp  gap vs. county
52.9%  retention (county median 90.8%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
52.9%
74 of 140 students

66 of 140 students who enrolled at Confluence Continuation High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (47.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Placer County median
90.8% · school is in the 13th percentile of 23 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 19th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

White (91) 52.7%
Socio. disadvantaged (82) 62.2%
Students w/ disabilities (35) 54.3%
Hispanic / Latino (31) 41.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Phoenix High (continuation) 63.9% Atlas Learning Academy 55.6% Mcclellan High (continuation) 31.9% Pacific Career And Technology High 41.3% Meraki High 80.8%

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
80.0%
108 of 135 students

Absenteeism is down 4.6 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Placer County median
15.1% · school is worse than 86% of 22 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 = 30
6.7%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-60.6 pts vs. Placer County median (67.3%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 26
3.9%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-36.4 pts vs. Placer County median (40.2%) · 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

White 64% +3.0
Hispanic / Latino 19% -1.3
Two or more 7% -2.3
Not reported 5%
American Indian 3%
Black / African Am. 1%
Filipino 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 56% -2.0
Socioeconomically disadv. 19% +2.7

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 — Placer 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
$87.3M
+50.3% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$21,451
4,071 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 42.8%
Local: 52.5%
Federal: 4.7%
Instruction share
50.6%
of current spending · $6,594/pupil
Long-term debt
$101.8M
+305.0% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Placer 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).

Confluence Continuation High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 104% (23→47 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +6%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+3.5%/yr); projects to ~83 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

75 students (2026)
~83 projected (2029)
at +3.5%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Confluence Continuation High Public 75 +104%
Peer-group median +6%
Phoenix High (continuation) Public 95 +21%
Atlas Learning Academy Public 99 +100%
Mcclellan High (continuation) Public 78 +6%
Pacific Career And Technology High Public 73 -41%
Meraki High Public 84 +6%
Victory High Public 43 -47%
La Entrada Continuation High Public 84 +43%
Independence Continuation Public 97 -3%
Adelante High (continuation) Public 118 +8%
Silver Springs High (continuation) Public 94 -29%

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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