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High Tech Middle Media Arts → High Tech High Media Arts → High Tech High International → High Tech High School → Urban Discovery Academy Charter → Compare all similar →No UC admissions data on file for High Tech 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
If this trend holds (-0.0%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~321 | +0 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~321 | +0 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~320 | -1 | $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.
38 of 345 students who enrolled at High Tech Middle this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (11.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
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.
Absenteeism is up 12.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
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).
District financial profile — San Diego 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.
Local: 65.2%
Federal: 10.6%
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 Diego 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).
High Tech Middle — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸We don't yet have enough UC-outcome or enrollment history for High Tech Middle to build a full trend — but its similar-school comparison is below.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Tech Middle | Public | 321 | — | — |
| Peer-group median | 19.2% | -8% | ||
| High Tech Middle Media Arts | Public | 328 | — | — |
| High Tech High Media Arts | Public | 346 | 36.7% | -6% |
| High Tech High International | Public | 348 | 19.3% | -13% |
| High Tech High School | Public | 394 | 41.0% | -18% |
| Urban Discovery Academy Charter | Public | 310 | — | -33% |
| High Tech Elementary Explorer | Public | 403 | — | — |
| E3 Civic High | Public | 344 | 10.5% | -7% |
| Kearny College Connections | Public | 319 | 19.1% | -8% |
| Kearny Digital Media & Design | Public | 335 | 15.7% | +2% |
| High Tech Elementary | Public | 438 | — | — |
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 →