Del Puerto High

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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)
84 (2018)87 (2026)
+3.6%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
67 (2018)44 (2026)
-34.3%

If this trend holds (+0.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~87 +0 $0
3 yr (2029) ~88 +1 $0
5 yr (2031) ~89 +2 $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 Stanislaus County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Critical
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -34.3% vs. county +2.3% AND stability (31.6%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 65.9% (up +0.4 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-34.3%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+2.3%  Stanislaus County baseline
-36.6pp  gap vs. county
31.6%  retention (county median 87.8%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
31.6%
42 of 133 students

91 of 133 students who enrolled at Del Puerto High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (68.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Stanislaus County median
87.8% · school is in the 19th percentile of 31 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 7th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (112) 34.8%
Hispanic / Latino (108) 37.0%
English learners (52) 38.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Open Valley Independent Study 31.4% Whitmore Charter High School 84.9% George And Evelyn Stein Continuation 26.9% Denair Charter Academy 59.0% Argus High (continuation) 33.8%

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
65.9%
81 of 123 students

Roughly one in three students is chronically absent. A floor this high signals systemic engagement problems beyond what any single intervention can fix.

Stanislaus County median
22.2% · school is worse than 87% of 30 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 = 40
10.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-39.7 pts vs. Stanislaus County median (49.7%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 41
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-19.9 pts vs. Stanislaus County median (19.9%) · 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 85%
White 7% -3.8
Pacific Islander 2%
Asian 1%
Black / African Am. 1% -1.8
Two or more 1%
American Indian 1%
Not reported 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 83% -5.5
English learners 30%
Socioeconomically disadv. 13%

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 — Patterson Joint 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
$106.1M
+24.8% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$17,643
6,012 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 58.8%
Local: 24.1%
Federal: 17.1%
Instruction share
56.0%
of current spending · $8,056/pupil
Long-term debt
$95.1M
+86.2% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Patterson Joint 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).

Del Puerto High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 34% (67→44 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -15%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.4%/yr); projects to ~88 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

87 students (2026)
~88 projected (2029)
at +0.4%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Del Puerto High Public 87 -34%
Peer-group median -15%
Open Valley Independent Study Public 92 -14%
Whitmore Charter High School Public 98 -38%
George And Evelyn Stein Continuation Public 95 -24%
Denair Charter Academy Public 123 -68%
Argus High (continuation) Public 163 -30%
East Stanislaus High Public 72 +10%
Stanislaus Military Academy At Teel Public 153 +10%
Fusion Charter Public 170 +21%
Calla High Public 129 -16%
Roselawn High Public 190 +20%

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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