Kings Canyon Continuation

· Fresno County · Kings Canyon Joint Unified
Public Fresno County 🏛 Kings Canyon Joint Unified → CDS 1062265…
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Sierra Vista High (continuation) → Ronald Reagan Academy → Heartland High (continuation) → Lovell High → Kings River High (continuation) → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for Kings Canyon Continuation.

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 (9–12)
102 (2018)96 (2026)
-5.9%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
51 (2018)52 (2026)
+2.0%

If this trend holds (-0.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~95 -1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~94 -2 $0
5 yr (2031) ~92 -4 $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 Fresno County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Critical
Bleeding from both ends.

Enrollment down 2.0% vs. county +6.7%, AND stability (62.3%) below the county median. Fewer families are choosing the school, and the ones who do aren't staying through year-end. Chronic absenteeism is also at 36.2% (up -21.0 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+2.0%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+6.7%  Fresno County baseline
-4.7pp  gap vs. county
62.3%  retention (county median 85.0%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
62.3%
109 of 175 students

66 of 175 students who enrolled at Kings Canyon Continuation this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (37.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Fresno County median
85.0% · school is in the 24th percentile of 55 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 22nd percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (198) 53.5%
Hispanic / Latino (195) 52.8%
English learners (56) 48.2%
Students w/ disabilities (30) 56.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Sierra Vista High (continuation) 31.7% Ronald Reagan Academy 27.9% Heartland High (continuation) 20.0% Lovell High 46.2% Kings River High (continuation) 55.1%

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: grades 9–12.

Chronic absent
33.3%
55 of 165 students

Absenteeism is down 23.9 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Fresno County median
21.5% · school is worse than 69% of 55 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
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).

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.

ELA — met or exceeded
n = 40
22.5%
incl. 2.5% exceeded
-32.7 pts vs. Fresno County median (55.2%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 40
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-18.1 pts vs. Fresno County median (18.1%) · CA median 21.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

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

Hispanic / Latino 92% -1.2
White 7%
Black / African Am. 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 96% +2.2
English learners 29% +10.0

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.

District financial profile — Kings Canyon Joint 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
$178.5M
+23.3% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,527
9,634 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 68.2%
Local: 15.2%
Federal: 16.6%
Instruction share
54.9%
of current spending · $8,400/pupil
Long-term debt
$92.9M
+1.7% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Kings Canyon Joint 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).

Kings Canyon Continuation — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 2% (51→52 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of +16%.
  • At its recent rate (-0.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~94 by 2029 — about 2 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

96 students (2026)
~94 projected (2029)
at -0.8%/yr

That's about 2 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
Kings Canyon Continuation Public 96 +2%
Peer-group median 24.5% +16%
Sierra Vista High (continuation) Public 96 +60%
Ronald Reagan Academy Public 89 -26%
Heartland High (continuation) Public 95 +29%
Lovell High Public 61 -27%
Kings River High (continuation) Public 71 -12%
San Joaquin Valley High Public 55 +33%
Oasis Continuation High Public 58 +62%
Reedley Middle College Hs Public 267 41.1% +109%
La Sierra High Public 188 -52%
Laton High School Public 175 7.9% +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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