No UC admissions data on file for Granger Junior 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
978 (2018)685 (2026)
-30.0%

If this trend holds (-4.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~655 -30 $0
3 yr (2029) ~599 -86 $0
5 yr (2031) ~548 -137 $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 Diego County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
88.3%
241 of 273 students

32 of 273 students who enrolled at Granger Junior High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (11.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.5% · school is in the 50th percentile of 121 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 56th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (624) 87.7%
Hispanic / Latino (553) 86.4%
English learners (251) 83.7%
Filipino (137) 92.7%
Students w/ disabilities (129) 86.0%
White (27) 92.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Keiller Leadership Academy 91.3% King-Chavez Primary Academy 94.4% Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, And Math Academy At La Presa 81.3% Iftin Charter 75.6% Health Sciences High And Middle College 87.4%

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: grades 9–12.

Chronic absent
26.9%
71 of 264 students

Absenteeism is up 23.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Diego County median
18.9% · school is worse than 70% of 117 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 78% +7.0
Filipino 16%
White 2% -2.6
Asian 1%
Black / African Am. 1% -1.3
Two or more 1% -1.3

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 74% -17.5
English learners 26% -2.1
Socioeconomically disadv. 18% +2.1

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 — Sweetwater Union High (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
$646.0M
+11.4% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$17,430
37,060 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 58.9%
Local: 32.0%
Federal: 9.1%
Instruction share
53.4%
of current spending · $7,362/pupil
Long-term debt
$482.5M
+22.4% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Sweetwater Union High 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).

Granger Junior High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-4.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~599 by 2029 — about 86 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

685 students (2026)
~599 projected (2029)
at -4.4%/yr

That's about 86 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
Granger Junior High Public 685
Peer-group median -13%
Keiller Leadership Academy Public 652
King-Chavez Primary Academy Public 725
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, And Math Academy At La Presa Public 742
Iftin Charter Public 593
Health Sciences High And Middle College Public 552 -13%
Discovery Charter Public 940
Vista La Mesa Academy Public 517
Lemon Grove Academy For The Sciences And Humanities Public 505
Feaster (mae L.) Charter Public 1066
Darnall Charter Public 473

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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