Dewolf Continuation High

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No UC admissions data on file for Dewolf 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)
151 (2018)194 (2026)
+28.5%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
68 (2018)125 (2026)
+83.8%

If this trend holds (+3.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~200 +6 $0
3 yr (2029) ~213 +19 $0
5 yr (2031) ~227 +33 $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 Fresno 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 Fresno County (+83.8% vs. +6.7%), but 192 of 289 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 55.2% (up -23.9 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+83.8%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+6.7%  Fresno County baseline
+77.1pp  gap vs. county
33.6%  retention (county median 85.0%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
33.6%
97 of 289 students

192 of 289 students who enrolled at Dewolf Continuation High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (66.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Fresno County median
85.0% · school is in the 9th percentile of 55 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 9th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (265) 32.5%
Hispanic / Latino (215) 35.3%
English learners (46) 39.1%
Black / African Am. (31) 16.1%
Students w/ disabilities (23) 56.5%
White (21) 33.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Sierra Charter School 71.2% West Park Charter Academy 68.7% Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity 40.2% Design Science Middle College High 96.0% Ambassador Phillip V. Sanchez Ii Public Charter 44.3%

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
55.2%
144 of 261 students

Absenteeism is down 23.9 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Fresno County median
21.5% · school is worse than 84% of 55 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 = 90
13.3%
incl. 2.2% exceeded
-41.9 pts vs. Fresno County median (55.2%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 89
4.5%
incl. 1.1% exceeded
-13.6 pts vs. Fresno County median (18.1%) · 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 72% +3.6
Black / African Am. 11% -2.4
White 10% +3.3
Two or more 4%
Asian 3% -2.6

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 93%
English learners 16%
Socioeconomically disadv. 6%

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 — Fresno 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
$1286.9M
+15.0% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,360
70,088 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 72.1%
Local: 12.4%
Federal: 15.6%
Instruction share
58.4%
of current spending · $9,375/pupil
Long-term debt
$836.3M
+29.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Fresno 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).

Dewolf Continuation High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 84% (68→125 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -1%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+3.2%/yr); projects to ~213 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

194 students (2026)
~213 projected (2029)
at +3.2%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Dewolf Continuation High Public 194 +84%
Peer-group median -1%
Sierra Charter School Public 202 -2%
West Park Charter Academy Public 183 -61%
Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity Public 262 +11%
Design Science Middle College High Public 256 +0%
Ambassador Phillip V. Sanchez Ii Public Charter Public 254 +143%
Gateway High (continuation) Public 220 -24%
Endeavor Charter Public 343 +338%
W.e.b. Dubois Public Charter Public 298 -62%
Career Technical Education Charter Public 339 +9%
Pershing Continuation High Public 105 -15%

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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