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Encore Jr./Sr. High School For The Performing And Visual Arts
· San Bernardino County · Hesperia Unified · Public
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Encore Jr./Sr. High School For The Performing And Visual Arts compares for families
What families should know about Encore Jr./Sr. High School For The Performing And Visual Arts.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Shadow Ridge, Mojave River Academy Route 66, Mojave River Academy - Rockview Park and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2024
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.
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 — 2024-25
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
Program subgroups
Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2024-25 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.
Chronic absenteeism — 2023-24
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.
Absenteeism is up 21.2 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2023-24. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).
Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-10.3%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2026) | ~428 | -49 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2028) | ~344 | -133 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2030) | ~277 | -200 | $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.
Encore Jr./Sr. High School For The Performing And Visual Arts — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 54% (148→68 from 2018 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +18%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-10.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~344 by 2028 — about 133 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 133 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.
Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encore Jr./Sr. High School For The Performing And Visual Arts | Public | 477 | — | -54% |
| Peer-group median | 4.0% | +18% | ||
| Shadow Ridge | Public | 380 | — | +22% |
| Mojave River Academy Route 66 | Public | 425 | — | +18% |
| Mojave River Academy - Rockview Park | Public | 367 | — | +256% |
| Options For Youth-Victor Valley Charter | Public | 847 | — | -29% |
| Lakeview Leadership Academy | Public | 908 | — | +18% |
| Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert | Public | 275 | — | -29% |
| Mojave High School | Public | 210 | — | -27% |
| High Desert Premier Academy | Public | 273 | — | +240% |
| Mojave River Academy Oro Grande | Public | 917 | — | +49% |
| Entrepreneur High School | Public | 479 | 4.0% | -43% |
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 →
Enrollment stability & demand — 2023-24
Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the San Bernardino County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Enrollment -54.1% vs. county +3.9% — losing 13.9× the county rate. Each enrolled family matters more, but the engine of new enrollment is breaking down. Chronic absenteeism is also at 42.5% (up +19.4 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.
87 of 388 students who enrolled at Encore Jr./Sr. High School For The Performing And Visual Arts this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (22.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2023-24. 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.
District financial profile — Hesperia 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.
Local: 12.3%
Federal: 13.4%
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 Hesperia 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).