John Henry High School
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Invictus Academy Of Richmond → Middle College High → Mcclymonds High School → Aims College Prep High School → Oakland Charter High School → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+3.0%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~348 | +10 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~369 | +31 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~391 | +53 | $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 Contra Costa County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
John Henry High School is recruiting families faster than Contra Costa County is shrinking (school +35.8% vs. county -11.1%), but 36 students didn't make it to year-end. The recruitment engine works; the mid-year exits are worth understanding.
36 of 356 students who enrolled at John Henry High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (10.1% 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: grades 9–12.
Absenteeism is up 3.1 pp since 2020-21. 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).
SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025
Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.
Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.
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
Program subgroups
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.
+6.0 pp above peer median (8.5%) · Ranked #4 of 9 similar schools
18.5%
8.5%
53.3%
14.5%
Higher than 39% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
John Henry High School's UC Reach of 14.5% is below the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.
But in Contra Costa County, where the local median is 25.6% and the top-10% bar is 58.5%, this score is mid-pack rather than exceptional — typical of its market rather than a standout.
Overall, John Henry High School's UC Reach is higher than 39% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
John Henry High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Richmond · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, John Henry High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #4 of 9): 14% vs. a peer median of 8%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 8 points since 2021 — worth watching.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 36% (67→91 from 2021 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -7%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+3.0%/yr); projects to ~369 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henry High School | Public | 338 | 14.5% | +36% |
| Peer-group median | 8.5% | -7% | ||
| Invictus Academy Of Richmond | Public | 399 | 6.6% | -7% |
| Middle College High | Public | 290 | 70.8% | -4% |
| Mcclymonds High School | Public | 301 | 5.4% | -11% |
| Aims College Prep High School | Public | 369 | 30.1% | +6% |
| Oakland Charter High School | Public | 330 | 55.8% | -12% |
| Summit Public School K2 | Public | 539 | 5.1% | -5% |
| Oakland International High Sch | Public | 244 | 9.6% | -12% |
| John F. Kennedy High | Public | 625 | 7.4% | -34% |
| Latitude 37.8 High | Public | 396 | — | +129% |
| S.f. International High | Public | 271 | — | -7% |
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 →
Admit rate vs. CA peer average, by campus ⓘ
How does this school's admit rate at each UC compare to other CA schools whose applicant pool averages the same GPA?
| Campus | Applicant GPA (avg) | Actual admit rate | CA peer avg | Δ | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 3.86 | 15.8% | 11.6% | +4.2pp | On target |
| UC San Diego | 3.89 | 37.5% | 22.6% | +14.9pp | Over |
| UC Davis | 3.89 | 27.8% | 32.2% | -4.4pp | On target |
Where John Henry High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (24.4% actual vs. 21.8% expected).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 19 | 3 | 3 | 15.8% | 3.9% | 100.0% | 3.86 | — |
| UCLA → Elite | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.84 | — |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 8 | 3 | — | 37.5% | 3.9% | — | 3.89 | — |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.77 | — |
| UC Davis → | 18 | 5 | — | 27.8% | 6.6% | — | 3.89 | 4.20 |