Kunst (tommie) Junior High

· Santa Barbara County · Santa Maria-Bonita
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No UC admissions data on file for Kunst (tommie) 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
1,133 (2018)961 (2026)
-15.2%

If this trend holds (-2.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~941 -20 $0
3 yr (2029) ~903 -58 $0
5 yr (2031) ~867 -94 $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 Santa Barbara County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
91.5%
881 of 963 students

82 of 963 students who enrolled at Kunst (tommie) Junior High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (8.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Santa Barbara County median
91.5% · school is in the 55th percentile of 31 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 68th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (897) 92.1%
Socio. disadvantaged (876) 91.8%
English learners (227) 82.8%
Students w/ disabilities (122) 93.4%
White (27) 74.1%
Filipino (20) 95.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Fesler (isaac) Junior High 90.5% El Camino Junior High 91.5% Nipomo High School 85.4% Orcutt Academy Charter High School 93.8% Arellanes Junior High 87.2%

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
16.9%
160 of 948 students

Absenteeism is up 6.6 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Santa Barbara County median
18.9% · school is better than 68% 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).

Kunst (tommie) Junior High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-2.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~903 by 2029 — about 58 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

961 students (2026)
~903 projected (2029)
at -2.0%/yr

That's about 58 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
Kunst (tommie) Junior High Public 961
Peer-group median 13.7% +3%
Fesler (isaac) Junior High Public 928
El Camino Junior High Public 774
Nipomo High School Public 833 8.9% +3%
Orcutt Academy Charter High School Public 796 32.5% +22%
Arellanes Junior High Public 623
Cabrillo High School Public 1064 12.3% -14%
Orcutt Junior High Public 500
Lakeview Junior High Public 445
Arroyo Grande High School Public 1939 19.2% -9%
Ernest Righetti High School Public 2472 13.7% +24%

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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