Cottonwood Creek Charter

· Shasta County · Cottonwood Union Elementary
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Most similar nearby schools

West Cottonwood Junior High → Northern Summit Academy Shasta → Tree Of Life International Charter → Anderson High → Shasta Charter Academy → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for Cottonwood Creek Charter.

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
225 (2018)307 (2026)
+36.4%

If this trend holds (+4.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~319 +12 $0
3 yr (2029) ~345 +38 $0
5 yr (2031) ~373 +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 Shasta County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
95.0%
286 of 301 students

15 of 301 students who enrolled at Cottonwood Creek Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (5.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Shasta County median
81.9% · school is in the 97th percentile of 30 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 86th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (258) 95.7%
Socio. disadvantaged (87) 92.0%
Students w/ disabilities (37) 91.9%

Nearest peer high schools

West Cottonwood Junior High 83.9% Northern Summit Academy Shasta 52.0% Tree Of Life International Charter 91.7% Anderson High 81.0% Shasta Charter Academy 81.2%

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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
6.4%
19 of 297 students

Absenteeism is up 6.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Shasta County median
18.5% · school is better than 87% of 30 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
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).

Cottonwood Creek Charter — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+4.0%/yr); projects to ~345 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

307 students (2026)
~345 projected (2029)
at +4.0%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Cottonwood Creek Charter Public 307
Peer-group median 3.8% -15%
West Cottonwood Junior High Public 428
Northern Summit Academy Shasta Public 209 +48%
Tree Of Life International Charter Public 424
Anderson High Public 497 -15%
Shasta Charter Academy Public 280 3.8% -16%
Stellar Charter Public 239 -14%
Redding Collegiate Academy Public 229 +343%
Phoenix Charter Academy College View Public 262 -19%
Chrysalis Charter Public 217
Anderson New Technology High Public 130 -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 →

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