El Camino High

· Sonoma County · Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for El Camino 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)
56 (2018)65 (2026)
+16.1%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
34 (2018)43 (2026)
+26.5%

If this trend holds (+1.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~66 +1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~69 +4 $0
5 yr (2031) ~71 +6 $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 (+26.5% vs. -0.1%), but 65 of 94 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 90.1% (up +76.8 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+26.5%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-0.1%  Sonoma County baseline
+26.6pp  gap vs. county
30.9%  retention (county median 91.9%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
30.9%
29 of 94 students

65 of 94 students who enrolled at El Camino High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (69.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Sonoma County median
91.9% · school is in the 0th percentile of 19 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 7th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (74) 37.8%
Hispanic / Latino (54) 35.2%
White (27) 22.2%
English learners (24) 41.7%

Nearest peer high schools

San Antonio High (continuation) 37.0% Creekside High 54.4% Northwest Prep Charter School 88.9% Laguna High 57.1% Marin Oaks High 56.2%

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: grades 9–12.

Chronic absent
90.1%
82 of 91 students

Absenteeism is up 76.8 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 = 14
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-52.2 pts vs. Sonoma County median (52.2%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = —
5.6%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-18.0 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 69% +9.6
White 18% -8.4
Black / African Am. 3% +1.2
Two or more 3% -4.6
Pacific Islander 3%
American Indian 2%
Not reported 2% -2.3

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 68% +6.2

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 — Cotati-Rohnert Park 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
$90.2M
+1.6% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$15,783
5,717 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 36.0%
Local: 56.2%
Federal: 7.8%
Instruction share
54.7%
of current spending · $7,516/pupil
Long-term debt
$171.1M
+10.8% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Cotati-Rohnert Park 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).

El Camino High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 26% (34→43 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -13%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+1.9%/yr); projects to ~69 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

65 students (2026)
~69 projected (2029)
at +1.9%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
El Camino High Public 65 +26%
Peer-group median 12.2% -13%
San Antonio High (continuation) Public 60 -29%
Creekside High Public 61 +629%
Northwest Prep Charter School Public 83 +7%
Laguna High Public 61 -2%
Marin Oaks High Public 63 +27%
Valley Oaks High (alternative) Public 30 -61%
Sonoma Mountain High (continuation) Public 30 -38%
Windsor Oaks Academy Public 38 -24%
Tomales High School Public 134 12.2% +28%
Madrone High Continuation Public 50 -32%

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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