Laguna High

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No UC admissions data on file for Laguna 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 (9–12)
81 (2018)61 (2026)
-24.7%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
40 (2018)39 (2026)
-2.5%

If this trend holds (-3.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~59 -2 $0
3 yr (2029) ~55 -6 $0
5 yr (2031) ~51 -10 $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 Sonoma 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 2.5% vs. county -0.1%, AND stability (57.1%) 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 93.7% (up +23.4 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-2.5%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-0.1%  Sonoma County baseline
-2.4pp  gap vs. county
57.1%  retention (county median 91.9%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
57.1%
48 of 84 students

36 of 84 students who enrolled at Laguna High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (42.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Sonoma County median
91.9% · school is in the 11th percentile of 19 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 20th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (57) 52.6%
White (52) 55.8%
Students w/ disabilities (24) 45.8%
Hispanic / Latino (21) 61.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Northwest Prep Charter School 88.9% Windsor Oaks Academy 41.0% El Camino High 30.9% North Bay Met Academy 76.3% San Antonio High (continuation) 37.0%

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
93.7%
74 of 79 students

Absenteeism is up 23.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Sonoma County median
24.4% · school is worse than 100% of 18 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 = 22
13.6%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-38.6 pts vs. Sonoma County median (52.2%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 18
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-23.6 pts vs. Sonoma County median (23.6%) · 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

White 59% -4.4
Hispanic / Latino 28% +4.0
Black / African Am. 5%
Two or more 3% -2.3
Asian 2% -1.2
Pacific Islander 2%
American Indian 2% -1.2

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 64%

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 — West Sonoma County Union High (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
$35.4M
+18.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$19,104
1,851 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 23.6%
Local: 70.3%
Federal: 6.1%
Instruction share
51.7%
of current spending · $8,952/pupil
Long-term debt
$75.5M
+147.2% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 West Sonoma County Union High 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).

Laguna High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 2% (40→39 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of +17%.
  • At its recent rate (-3.5%/yr), enrollment projects to ~55 by 2029 — about 6 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

61 students (2026)
~55 projected (2029)
at -3.5%/yr

That's about 6 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
Laguna High Public 61 -2%
Peer-group median 12.2% +17%
Northwest Prep Charter School Public 83 +7%
Windsor Oaks Academy Public 38 -24%
El Camino High Public 65 +26%
North Bay Met Academy Public 28 -76%
San Antonio High (continuation) Public 60 -29%
Geyserville New Tech Academy Public 97 -39%
Creekside High Public 61 +629%
Marin Oaks High Public 63 +27%
Marce Becerra Academy Public 21 +36%
Tomales High School Public 134 12.2% +28%

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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