Marce Becerra Academy

· Sonoma County · Healdsburg Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Marce Becerra Academy.

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)
19 (2018)21 (2026)
+10.5%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
11 (2018)15 (2026)
+36.4%

If this trend holds (+1.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~21 +0 $0
3 yr (2029) ~22 +1 $0
5 yr (2031) ~22 +1 $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.

Mixed signal
Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Sonoma County (+36.4% vs. -0.1%), but 10 of 33 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 87.1% (up +6.3 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+36.4%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-0.1%  Sonoma County baseline
+36.5pp  gap vs. county
69.7%  retention (county median 91.9%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
69.7%
23 of 33 students

10 of 33 students who enrolled at Marce Becerra Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (30.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Sonoma County median
91.9% · school is in the 16th percentile of 19 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 23rd percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (26) 73.1%
Hispanic / Latino (24) 62.5%

Nearest peer high schools

North Bay Met Academy 76.3% Johanna Echols-Hansen High (continuation) 46.4% Windsor Oaks Academy 41.0% Loconoma Valley High 17.4%

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
87.1%
27 of 31 students

Absenteeism is up 6.3 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, 2023

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 = —
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
Math — met or exceeded
n = —
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded

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 76%
White 19% -5.3
American Indian 5%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 62% +16.0

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 — Healdsburg 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
$39.3M
+18.3% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$29,827
1,317 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 12.2%
Local: 81.5%
Federal: 6.3%
Instruction share
53.3%
of current spending · $12,131/pupil
Long-term debt
$140.9M
+55.0% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Healdsburg 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).

Marce Becerra Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 36% (11→15 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -11%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+1.3%/yr); projects to ~22 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

21 students (2026)
~22 projected (2029)
at +1.3%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Marce Becerra Academy Public 21 +36%
Peer-group median -11%
North Bay Met Academy Public 28 -76%
Johanna Echols-Hansen High (continuation) Public 20 +7%
Windsor Oaks Academy Public 38 -24%
Loconoma Valley High Public 14 -20%
El Molino High School Public 7 +100%
Carpe Diem High (continuation) Public 19 -50%
Buena Vista High Public 6 +100%
Laguna High Public 61 -2%
Natural High (continuation) Public 24 +56%
Valley Oaks High (alternative) Public 30 -61%

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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