Martin Luther King High School
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Bay View Academy → Dual Language Academy Of The Monterey Peninsula → Pacific Grove High School → Monterey Bay Charter → Carmel High School → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+2.6%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~523 | +13 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~551 | +41 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~580 | +70 | $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 Riverside County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
52 of 583 students who enrolled at Martin Luther King High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (8.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
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.
Absenteeism is up 5.3 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
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 — Monterey Peninsula 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.
Local: 46.2%
Federal: 14.9%
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 Monterey Peninsula 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).
+67.5 pp above peer median (24.5%) · Ranked #1 of 5 similar schools
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24.5%
53.3%
92.0%
Higher than 99% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Martin Luther King High School's UC Reach of 92.0% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.3%) — meaning roughly 92 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 11 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Martin Luther King High School's UC Reach is higher than 99% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
Martin Luther King High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Riverside · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Martin Luther King High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 5): 92% vs. a peer median of 24%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 83 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+2.6%/yr); projects to ~551 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King High School | Public | 510 | 92.0% | — |
| Peer-group median | 24.5% | -9% | ||
| Bay View Academy | Public | 465 | — | — |
| Dual Language Academy Of The Monterey Peninsula | Public | 396 | — | — |
| Pacific Grove High School | Public | 539 | 39.8% | -5% |
| Monterey Bay Charter | Public | 472 | — | — |
| Carmel High School | Public | 736 | 44.0% | -7% |
| Marina High | Public | 777 | 9.2% | +43% |
| Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy | Public | 557 | — | — |
| Seaside High School | Public | 981 | 4.3% | -11% |
| Ceiba College Preparatory Academy | Public | 494 | — | -26% |
| Monterey County Home Charter | Public | 260 | — | -32% |
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 →
Admit rate vs. CA peer average, by campus ⓘ
How does this school's admit rate at each UC compare to other CA schools whose applicant pool averages the same GPA?
| Campus | Applicant GPA (avg) | Actual admit rate | CA peer avg | Δ | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 3.95 | 17.5% | 12.0% | +5.5pp | Over |
| UCLA | 3.92 | 9.6% | 9.0% | +0.6pp | On target |
| UC San Diego | 3.87 | 22.8% | 22.9% | -0.1pp | On target |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.88 | 28.6% | 27.8% | +0.7pp | On target |
| UC Irvine | 3.84 | 25.4% | 21.1% | +4.3pp | On target |
| UC Davis | 3.83 | 36.0% | 32.1% | +3.9pp | On target |
Where Martin Luther King High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (22.5% actual vs. 20.3% expected).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 63 | 11 | 6 | 17.5% | 8.0% | 54.5% | 3.95 | 4.27 |
| UCLA → Elite | 104 | 10 | 5 | 9.6% | 7.3% | 50.0% | 3.92 | 4.34 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 123 | 28 | 10 | 22.8% | 20.4% | 35.7% | 3.87 | 4.21 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 91 | 26 | 4 | 28.6% | 19.0% | 15.4% | 3.88 | 4.29 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 130 | 33 | 10 | 25.4% | 24.1% | 30.3% | 3.84 | 4.25 |
| UC Davis → | 50 | 18 | — | 36.0% | 13.1% | — | 3.83 | 4.22 |