Forestville Academy

· Sonoma County · Forestville Union Elementary
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No UC admissions data on file for Forestville Academy.

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
196 (2018)160 (2026)
-18.4%

If this trend holds (-2.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~156 -4 $0
3 yr (2029) ~148 -12 $0
5 yr (2031) ~141 -19 $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.

Stability rate
89.0%
145 of 163 students

18 of 163 students who enrolled at Forestville Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (11.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Sonoma County median
92.0% · school is in the 20th percentile of 59 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 52nd percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (91) 91.2%
Socio. disadvantaged (78) 85.9%
Hispanic / Latino (58) 86.2%
Students w/ disabilities (25) 96.0%
English learners (25) 76.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Guerneville Elementary (charter) 86.6% Salmon Creek School - A Charter 86.2% Piner-Olivet Charter 93.2% Village Charter 99.2% Dunham Charter 90.1%

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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
30.0%
48 of 160 students

Absenteeism is up 15.3 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Sonoma County median
17.5% · school is worse than 86% of 58 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
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).

Forestville Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-2.5%/yr), enrollment projects to ~148 by 2029 — about 12 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

160 students (2026)
~148 projected (2029)
at -2.5%/yr

That's about 12 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
Forestville Academy Public 160
Peer-group median
Guerneville Elementary (charter) Public 153
Salmon Creek School - A Charter Public 139
Piner-Olivet Charter Public 204
Village Charter Public 122
Dunham Charter Public 167
Mark West Charter Public 118
Kid Street Charter Public 122
Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter Public 128
Twin Hills Charter Middle Public 252
Sunridge Charter Public 263

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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