Freshwater Charter Middle

· Humboldt County · Freshwater Elementary
Public Humboldt County 🏛 Freshwater Elementary → CDS 1262828…
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Zoe Barnum High → Trillium Charter → South Bay Charter → Union Street Charter → Pacific Coast High (continuation) → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for Freshwater Charter Middle.

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
53 (2018)48 (2026)
-9.4%

If this trend holds (-1.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~47 -1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~46 -2 $0
5 yr (2031) ~45 -3 $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 Humboldt County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
100.0%
51 of 51 students

0 of 51 students who enrolled at Freshwater Charter Middle this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (0.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Humboldt County median
88.3% · school is in the 100th percentile of 21 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 100th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (32) 100.0%
Socio. disadvantaged (26) 100.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Zoe Barnum High 49.0% Trillium Charter 72.0% South Bay Charter 89.1% Union Street Charter 99.0% Pacific Coast High (continuation) 9.4%

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
11.8%
6 of 51 students

Absenteeism is up 5.8 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Humboldt County median
23.7% · school is better than 68% of 19 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).

Freshwater Charter Middle — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-1.2%/yr), enrollment projects to ~46 by 2029 — about 2 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

48 students (2026)
~46 projected (2029)
at -1.2%/yr

That's about 2 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
Freshwater Charter Middle Public 48
Peer-group median -14%
Zoe Barnum High Public 49 -27%
Trillium Charter Public 48
South Bay Charter Public 62
Union Street Charter Public 96
Pacific Coast High (continuation) Public 24 -48%
Laurel Tree Charter School Public 23 +20%
Northcoast Preparatory And Performing Arts Academy Public 109 -29%
East High (continuation) Public 74 -2%
Six Rivers Charter School Public 107 +21%
Northcoast Prep & Perf Arts a Public

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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