Macgregor High (continuation)

· Alameda County · Albany City Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Macgregor High (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)
12 (2018)3 (2026)
-75.0%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
9 (2018)1 (2026)
-88.9%

If this trend holds (-15.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

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

Critical
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -88.9% vs. county +0.6% AND stability (75.0%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 84.6% (up -2.1 pts from 2017-18) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-88.9%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+0.6%  Alameda County baseline
-89.5pp  gap vs. county
75.0%  retention (county median 89.9%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
75.0%
3 of 4 students

1 of 4 students who enrolled at Macgregor High (continuation) this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (25.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Alameda County median
89.9% · school is in the 29th percentile of 70 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 26th percentile of 1,688 HS

Nearest peer high schools

Willow High 10.9% Berkeley Technology Academy 54.7% Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High 27.8% Island High (continuation) 41.1% Life Learning Academy Charter 57.1%

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 — 2023-24

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
84.6%
11 of 13 students

Roughly one in three students is chronically absent. A floor this high signals systemic engagement problems beyond what any single intervention can fix.

Alameda County median
29.2% · school is worse than 93% of 71 HS
Statewide median
23.7%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2023-24. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

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 33%
Hispanic / Latino 33% -46.7
Two or more 33% +23.3

Program subgroups

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 — Albany City 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
$81.2M
+7.3% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$23,189
3,501 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 54.5%
Local: 33.9%
Federal: 11.6%
Instruction share
59.8%
of current spending · $8,960/pupil
Long-term debt
$103.3M
+78.6% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Albany City 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).

Macgregor High (continuation) — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 89% (9→1 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -4%.
  • At its recent rate (-15.9%/yr), enrollment projects to ~2 by 2029 — about 1 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

3 students (2026)
~2 projected (2029)
at -15.9%/yr

That's about 1 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
Macgregor High (continuation) Public 3 -89%
Peer-group median -4%
Willow High Public 14 -47%
Berkeley Technology Academy Public 52 +5%
Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High Public 53 -40%
Island High (continuation) Public 50 -55%
Life Learning Academy Charter Public 46 +64%
Millennium High Alternative Public 75 +6%
Street Academy Alternative High Public 83 +4%
Gateway To College High At Laney College Public 100 -11%
Alternatives in Action Hs Public 86 +440%
Dewey High School Public 127 -52%

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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