Grass Valley Charter

· Nevada County · Grass Valley Elementary
Public Nevada County 🏛 Grass Valley Elementary → CDS 2966332…
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John Muir Charter → Nevada City School Of The Arts → Colfax High School → Yuba River Charter → Bear River High School → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for Grass Valley Charter.

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
516 (2018)556 (2026)
+7.8%

If this trend holds (+0.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~561 +5 $0
3 yr (2029) ~572 +16 $0
5 yr (2031) ~583 +27 $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 Nevada County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
94.2%
540 of 573 students

33 of 573 students who enrolled at Grass Valley Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (5.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Nevada County median
88.3% · school is in the 77th percentile of 13 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 83rd percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (469) 94.7%
Socio. disadvantaged (213) 91.1%
Students w/ disabilities (68) 95.6%
Hispanic / Latino (53) 96.2%
Two or more races (26) 92.3%

Nearest peer high schools

John Muir Charter 23.8% Nevada City School Of The Arts 96.7% Colfax High School 92.3% Yuba River Charter 94.3% Bear River High School 92.4%

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
15.0%
84 of 559 students

Absenteeism is up 6.7 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Nevada County median
17.2% · school is better than 67% of 12 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).

Grass Valley Charter — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.9%/yr); projects to ~572 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

556 students (2026)
~572 projected (2029)
at +0.9%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Grass Valley Charter Public 556
Peer-group median 5.0% -12%
John Muir Charter Public 543 -90%
Nevada City School Of The Arts Public 486
Colfax High School Public 602 26.1% -4%
Yuba River Charter Public 326
Bear River High School Public 653 4.6% -15%
Bell Hill Academy Public 244
Forest Charter School Public 284 5.0% -9%
Twin Ridges Home Study Charter Public 273
William and Marian Ghidotti Hs Public
Bowman Charter Public 634

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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