John Muir Language Academy

· San Diego County · San Diego Unified
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
235 (2018)418 (2026)
+77.9%

If this trend holds (+7.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~449 +31 $0
3 yr (2029) ~519 +101 $0
5 yr (2031) ~599 +181 $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
96.8%
330 of 341 students

11 of 341 students who enrolled at John Muir Language Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (3.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median
88.7% · school is in the 95th percentile of 207 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 95th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (184) 96.2%
Socio. disadvantaged (156) 94.9%
White (102) 97.1%
Students w/ disabilities (73) 97.3%
Two or more races (30) 100.0%
English learners (23) 87.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Kearny Digital Media & Design 67.6% High Tech High School 93.6% Kearny College Connections 69.3% High Tech High International 95.9%

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
11.2%
38 of 340 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

San Diego County median
18.9% · school is better than 74% of 205 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 — 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.

Total revenue
$2239.7M
+17.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$22,861
97,968 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 24.2%
Local: 65.2%
Federal: 10.6%
Instruction share
58.6%
of current spending · $9,592/pupil
Long-term debt
$5186.5M
+29.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 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).

University of California outcomes · Class of 2018
UC Reach
N/A
(class size est.)
UC Application Reach
N/A
5 applications
UC Admit Rate
N/A
None / 5 applications
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of None admitted
Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.
UC Enrollment Reach
N/A
None enrollees / None seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.
Student-Counselor Ratio
597:1
0.7 FTE counselors · 418 students
In context: CA median 338:1 · 259 more students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
N/A
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Total School Enrollment
235
All grades · CDE Census Day

John Muir Language Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+7.5%/yr); projects to ~519 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

418 students (2026)
~519 projected (2029)
at +7.5%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
John Muir Language Academy Public 418
Peer-group median 19.1% -7%
High Tech High Mesa Public 432 38.8% +3%
Kearny Digital Media & Design Public 335 15.7% +2%
High Tech High School Public 394 41.0% -18%
Kearny College Connections Public 319 19.1% -8%
High Tech High International Public 348 19.3% -13%
High Tech High Media Arts Public 346 36.7% -6%
Kearny Eng Innov & Design Public 283 7.7% +10%
E3 Civic High Public 344 10.5% -7%
Health Sciences High And Middle College Public 552 -13%
Madison High Public 753 8.3% -16%

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 →

Campus Breakdown — 2018

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC San Diego → Selective 5
⚠ Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once. Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.
Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.
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