Marysville High School

Marysville · Yuba County · Marysville Joint Unified
Public Yuba County 🏛 Marysville Joint Unified → ~240 seniors CDS 5872736…
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
924 (2018)972 (2026)
+5.2%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
170 (2018)215 (2026)
+26.5%

If this trend holds (+0.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~978 +6 $0
3 yr (2029) ~991 +19 $0
5 yr (2031) ~1,003 +31 $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 Yuba County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Action needed
Demand declining faster than county; retention only average.

Enrollment is shrinking faster than Yuba County (school +26.5% vs. county +30.2%) with stability (83.3%) near the county median. Two problems compounding — the recruitment side is the higher-leverage starting point.

+26.5%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+30.2%  Yuba County baseline
-3.7pp  gap vs. county
83.3%  retention (county median 83.3%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
83.3%
918 of 1,102 students

184 of 1,102 students who enrolled at Marysville High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (16.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Yuba County median
83.3% · school is in the 57th percentile of 7 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 37th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (742) 81.0%
Hispanic / Latino (477) 83.6%
White (429) 83.7%
Students w/ disabilities (167) 80.8%
English learners (84) 67.9%
Two or more races (68) 83.8%

Nearest peer high schools

Sutter Peak Charter Academy 87.5% Lindhurst High School 81.3% Yuba City High School 83.3% Sutter High School 95.8% River Valley High School 81.6%

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
20.4%
220 of 1,077 students

Absenteeism is up 9.9 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Yuba County median
20.4% · school is worse than 43% of 7 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 = 188
42.5%
incl. 9.0% exceeded
On the Yuba County median (42.5%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 190
8.9%
incl. 1.1% exceeded
-4.2 pts vs. Yuba County median (13.1%) · 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

Hispanic / Latino 42%
White 39%
Two or more 6%
Asian 6% +1.4
Black / African Am. 3%
American Indian 2%
Not reported 2%
Pacific Islander 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 62% +2.8
Socioeconomically disadv. 15% +3.1
English learners 5% -1.7
Homeless 3%

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 — Marysville Joint 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
$168.1M
+22.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$17,273
9,733 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 63.1%
Local: 21.8%
Federal: 15.1%
Instruction share
54.3%
of current spending · $7,371/pupil
Long-term debt
$108.2M
+12.6% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Marysville Joint 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).

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Marysville High School sent 51 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 27.5% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 5.8%12.7 percentage points below the California median of 18.5%, higher than 6% of California high schools..

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
6%
14 admits / 240 seniors
On the peer median (6.0%) · Ranked #5 of 9 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 5.9% 2025 · 5.8%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Peer median
6.0%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
5.8%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 5.8%

Higher than 6% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Marysville High School's UC Reach of 5.8% is below the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.

Overall, Marysville High School's UC Reach is higher than 6% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
21.2%
51 applications
In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · higher than 4% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
27.5%
14 / 51 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 58% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
21.4%
3 enrolled of 14 admitted
Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.
UC Enrollment Reach
1.2%
3 enrollees / 240 seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.
Student-Counselor Ratio
194:1
5.0 FTE counselors · 972 students
In context: CA median 338:1 · 144 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.
A-G Completion
28%
62 of 221 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · -27.8 pp vs. median · Yuba Co. 28.1%.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
2.9
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 1% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
240
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
1,034
All grades · CDE Census Day
Economic Connectedness
0.85
33rd percentile in CA · cross‑class friendships

Marysville High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Marysville · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Marysville High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #5 of 9): 6% vs. a peer median of 6%.
  • Its UC Reach has held roughly steady since 2018.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 26% (170→215 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +10%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.6%/yr); projects to ~991 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

972 students (2026)
~991 projected (2029)
at +0.6%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Marysville High School Public 972 5.8% +26%
Peer-group median 6.0% +10%
Sutter Peak Charter Academy Public 804 +115%
Lindhurst High School Public 1296 7.1% +14%
Yuba City High School Public 1605 11.6% +5%
Sutter High School Public 733 4.4% -13%
River Valley High School Public 1705 11.0% -8%
Wheatland Union High Public 1185 +90%
Live Oak High School Public 598 32.9% +20%
Gridley High School Public 685 2.8% +36%
Lincoln High School Public 1117 3.9% -34%
Oroville High School Public 830 5.0% -6%

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 →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
3.91
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.13

UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA

Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.

🎯 Who's actually getting into UC from Marysville High School
Campus 4.00+ GPA 3.70–3.99 GPA 3.30–3.69 GPA < 3.30 GPA
UC Santa Barbara Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Davis Strong shot Strong shot Real shot Filtered out
Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus Applicant GPA Admit GPA Lift Admit rate vs peer schools @ same GPA
UC Santa Barbara 3.91 4.19 +0.28 50.0% Peers +0.31 · matches
UC Davis 3.93 4.07 +0.14 53.8% Peers +0.24 · wider
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)
GPA band UCB UCLA UCSD UCSB UCI UCD
4.00+ 17.0% 15.1% 45.2% 62.3% 46.3% 65.9%
3.70–3.99 3.1% 1.6% 9.3% 17.6% 17.0% 31.1%
3.30–3.69 0.8% 0.5% 1.5% 2.8% 2.4% 10.3%
3.00–3.29 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 1.9%
< 3.00 0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7%
How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %
UC Reach % (where available)
UC Admits (count, right axis)

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 10 3.88
UCLA → Elite 5 4.01
UC San Diego → Selective 9 3.88
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 14 7 50.0% 2.9% 3.91 4.19
UC Davis → 13 7 3 53.8% 2.9% 42.9% 3.93 4.07
⚠ Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once. Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.
Students are earning UC admission but enrolling elsewhere at a notable rate. This may reflect competition from private colleges, out-of-state flagships, cost considerations, or UC campus fit. Student outcome surveys can clarify.
Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.
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