Maria Montessori Charter Academy

· Placer County · Rocklin Unified
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Willma Cavitt Junior High → Olympus Junior High → Newcastle Charter → Harvest Ridge Cooperative Charter → Loomis Basin Charter → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for Maria Montessori Charter 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
273 (2018)281 (2026)
+2.9%

If this trend holds (+0.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~282 +1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~284 +3 $0
5 yr (2031) ~286 +5 $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 Placer County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
93.5%
274 of 293 students

19 of 293 students who enrolled at Maria Montessori Charter Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (6.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Placer County median
92.4% · school is in the 61st percentile of 33 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 78th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (142) 92.3%
Hispanic / Latino (66) 95.5%
Socio. disadvantaged (50) 88.0%
Students w/ disabilities (39) 100.0%
Two or more races (37) 89.2%
Filipino (21) 100.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Willma Cavitt Junior High 96.1% Olympus Junior High 95.8% Newcastle Charter 96.5% Harvest Ridge Cooperative Charter 96.6% Loomis Basin Charter 94.4%

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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
11.0%
32 of 290 students

Absenteeism is up 4.6 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Placer County median
11.0% · school is worse than 47% of 32 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).

District financial profile — Rocklin 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
$179.8M
+11.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$15,764
11,405 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 45.7%
Local: 47.7%
Federal: 6.6%
Instruction share
62.5%
of current spending · $7,968/pupil
Long-term debt
$138.9M
-12.4% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Rocklin 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).

Maria Montessori Charter Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.4%/yr); projects to ~284 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

281 students (2026)
~284 projected (2029)
at +0.4%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Maria Montessori Charter Academy Public 281
Peer-group median 6.4% -8%
Willma Cavitt Junior High Public 351
Olympus Junior High Public 433
Newcastle Charter Public 341
Harvest Ridge Cooperative Charter Public 368
Loomis Basin Charter Public 507
Rio Linda Preparatory Academy Public 349
Ophir Steam Academy Public 195
Riverview Stem Elementary Public 417
San Juan High School Public 523 6.4% -8%
Western Sierra Collegiate Acad Public

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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