Creekside High

· Sonoma County · Sonoma Valley Unified
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
43 (2018)61 (2026)
+41.9%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
7 (2018)51 (2026)
+628.6%

If this trend holds (+4.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~64 +3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~70 +9 $0
5 yr (2031) ~76 +15 $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 Sonoma 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 Sonoma County (+628.6% vs. -0.1%), but 31 of 68 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 74.6% (up +23.0 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+628.6%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-0.1%  Sonoma County baseline
+628.7pp  gap vs. county
54.4%  retention (county median 91.9%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
54.4%
37 of 68 students

31 of 68 students who enrolled at Creekside High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (45.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Sonoma County median
91.9% · school is in the 11th percentile of 19 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 19th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (49) 57.1%
Socio. disadvantaged (44) 59.1%
English learners (26) 57.7%

Nearest peer high schools

San Antonio High (continuation) 37.0% El Camino High 30.9% Marin Oaks High 56.2% Sonoma Mountain High (continuation) 31.6% Valley Oaks High (alternative) 34.9%

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
74.6%
50 of 67 students

Absenteeism is up 23.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Sonoma County median
24.4% · school is worse than 100% of 18 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 = 24
4.2%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-48.0 pts vs. Sonoma County median (52.2%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 23
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-23.6 pts vs. Sonoma County median (23.6%) · 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 79% +4.2
White 16% -1.2
Black / African Am. 2% -4.3
Two or more 2%
Pacific Islander 2%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 64% -16.5
Socioeconomically disadv. 25%
English learners 25% +3.0

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 — Sonoma Valley 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.

Total revenue
$81.7M
+16.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$23,309
3,503 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 16.2%
Local: 73.6%
Federal: 10.2%
Instruction share
54.3%
of current spending · $10,804/pupil
Long-term debt
$120.2M
+7.9% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Sonoma Valley 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).

University of California outcomes · Class of 2024
UC Reach
N/A
UC Application Reach
N/A
None applications
UC Admit Rate
N/A
None / None applications
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of None admitted
Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.
UC Enrollment Reach
N/A
None enrollees / 36 seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.
Student-Counselor Ratio
49:1
1.25 FTE counselors · 61 students
In context: CA median 338:1 · 289 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.
A-G Completion
0%
2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · -55.9 pp vs. median · Sonoma Co. 42.8%.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
36
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
51
All grades · CDE Census Day

Creekside High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 629% (7→51 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -29%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+4.5%/yr); projects to ~70 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

61 students (2026)
~70 projected (2029)
at +4.5%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Creekside High Public 61 +629%
Peer-group median -29%
San Antonio High (continuation) Public 60 -29%
El Camino High Public 65 +26%
Marin Oaks High Public 63 +27%
Sonoma Mountain High (continuation) Public 30 -38%
Valley Oaks High (alternative) Public 30 -61%
Valley Oak High Public 134 -29%
Madrone High Continuation Public 50 -32%
Northwest Prep Charter School Public 83 +7%
Liberty High Public 48 -23%
John Finney High (continuation) Public 130 -47%

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 Berkeley → Elite
UCLA → Elite
UC San Diego → Selective
UC Santa Barbara → Selective
UC Irvine → Selective
UC Davis →
⚠ Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once. Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.
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