King City Arts Magnet

· Monterey County · King City Union
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Arroyo Seco Academy → Mary Chapa Academy → King City High → Greenfield High School → Almond Acres Charter Academy → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for King City Arts Magnet.

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
451 (2018)418 (2026)
-7.3%

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) ~414 -4 $0
3 yr (2029) ~406 -12 $0
5 yr (2031) ~399 -19 $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 Monterey County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
87.8%
403 of 459 students

56 of 459 students who enrolled at King City Arts Magnet this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (12.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Monterey County median
89.0% · school is in the 39th percentile of 31 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 46th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (439) 87.9%
Socio. disadvantaged (407) 88.2%
English learners (261) 87.7%
Students w/ disabilities (116) 90.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Arroyo Seco Academy 85.9% Mary Chapa Academy 89.0% King City High 88.6% Greenfield High School 89.3% Almond Acres Charter Academy 91.1%

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
21.1%
93 of 440 students

Absenteeism is up 3.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Monterey County median
16.2% · school is worse than 71% of 31 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).

King City Arts Magnet — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-0.9%/yr), enrollment projects to ~406 by 2029 — about 12 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

418 students (2026)
~406 projected (2029)
at -0.9%/yr

That's about 12 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
King City Arts Magnet Public 418
Peer-group median 11.6% +15%
Arroyo Seco Academy Public 566
Mary Chapa Academy Public 652
King City High Public 1202 +15%
Greenfield High School Public 1263 11.6% +39%
Almond Acres Charter Academy Public 422
Portola-Butler Continuation High Public 75 +80%
Dual Language Academy Of The Monterey Peninsula Public 396
Gonzales High School Public 715 23.0% -9%
Tranquillity High School Public 379 5.3% +1%
Bay View Academy Public 465

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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