Five Keys Charter (sf Sheriff's)

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No UC admissions data on file for Five Keys Charter (sf Sheriff's).

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)
354 (2018)753 (2026)
+112.7%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
17 (2018)28 (2026)
+64.7%

If this trend holds (+9.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~828 +75 $0
3 yr (2029) ~999 +246 $0
5 yr (2031) ~1,207 +454 $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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco County (+64.7% vs. -1.6%), but 631 of 697 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 60.8% (up +32.9 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+64.7%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-1.6%  San Francisco County baseline
+66.3pp  gap vs. county
9.5%  retention (county median 86.2%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
9.5%
66 of 697 students

631 of 697 students who enrolled at Five Keys Charter (sf Sheriff's) this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (90.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Francisco County median
86.2% · school is in the 6th percentile of 18 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 1st percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (546) 10.4%
Socio. disadvantaged (139) 27.3%
Black / African Am. (57) 3.5%
White (53) 3.8%
Students w/ disabilities (51) 25.5%
English learners (48) 25.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Asawa (ruth) Sf Sch Of The Arts, A Public School 97.5% Mission High School 82.7% Mission High 82.7% Oakland School for the Arts 90.3%

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
60.8%
236 of 388 students

Absenteeism is up 32.9 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Francisco County median
39.8% · school is worse than 82% of 17 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).

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 76% +2.9
Black / African Am. 11% -2.7
White 4% -1.4
Not reported 4%
Asian 2%
Two or more 1% -3.4
Pacific Islander 1%
American Indian 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 19% -23.7
Socioeconomically disadv. 5% -9.5
English learners 4% -5.9

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 — San Francisco 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
$1228.3M
+17.3% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$23,716
51,790 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 36.3%
Local: 56.0%
Federal: 7.8%
Instruction share
53.2%
of current spending · $9,747/pupil
Long-term debt
$969.8M
+0.1% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 San Francisco 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).

Five Keys Charter (sf Sheriff's) — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 65% (17→28 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -3%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+9.9%/yr); projects to ~999 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

753 students (2026)
~999 projected (2029)
at +9.9%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Five Keys Charter (sf Sheriff's) Public 753 +65%
Peer-group median 35.8% -3%
Asawa (ruth) Sf Sch Of The Arts, A Public School Public 664 -10%
Mission Senior High School Public 948 57.3% +6%
Mission High School Public 948 +6%
Mission High Public 948 -6%
Oakland School for the Arts Public 815 26.8% +9%
Burton (phillip And Sala) Academic High Public 1015 +0%
Piedmont High School Public 713 53.7% -5%
Raoul Wallenberg Traditional Public 504 32.4% -21%
John O'connell High School Public 475 11.3% -12%
Gateway High School Public 475 39.2% -1%

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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