Ione Junior High

· Amador County · Amador County Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Ione 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
336 (2018)390 (2026)
+16.1%

If this trend holds (+1.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~397 +7 $0
3 yr (2029) ~412 +22 $0
5 yr (2031) ~428 +38 $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 Amador County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
90.7%
369 of 407 students

38 of 407 students who enrolled at Ione Junior High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Amador County median
86.3% · school is in the 100th percentile of 6 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 63rd percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (254) 90.9%
Socio. disadvantaged (147) 82.3%
Hispanic / Latino (112) 91.1%
Students w/ disabilities (79) 88.6%
Two or more races (26) 84.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Jackson Junior High 85.2% Argonaut High School 86.1% Amador High School 86.5% Joe Serna Jr. Charter 98.1% Pine Grove Elementary Stem Magnet 82.5%

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
29.8%
120 of 403 students

Absenteeism is up 14.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Amador County median
29.0% · school is worse than 50% of 6 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).

District financial profile — Amador County 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.

Total revenue
$52.9M
+14.4% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$13,608
3,889 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 29.2%
Local: 59.6%
Federal: 11.2%
Instruction share
52.8%
of current spending · $6,370/pupil
Long-term debt
$10.6M
+17.5% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Amador County 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).

Ione Junior High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+1.9%/yr); projects to ~412 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

390 students (2026)
~412 projected (2029)
at +1.9%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Ione Junior High Public 390
Peer-group median 5.1% -10%
Jackson Junior High Public 282
Argonaut High School Public 576 6.8% -10%
Amador High School Public 581 5.9% +2%
Joe Serna Jr. Charter Public 392
Pine Grove Elementary Stem Magnet Public 275
Charter Alternative Program (cap) Public 329
Riverview Stem Elementary Public 417
Calaveras High School Public 667 3.2% -35%
Rio Valley Charter School Public 305 -19%
Vista Oaks Charter School Public 307 4.2% -3%

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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