Mcclymonds High School

Oakland · Alameda County · Oakland Unified
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
401 (2018)301 (2026)
-24.9%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
73 (2018)65 (2026)
-11.0%

If this trend holds (-3.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~290 -11 $0
3 yr (2029) ~270 -31 $0
5 yr (2031) ~252 -49 $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 -11.0% vs. county +0.6% AND stability (72.5%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 50.5% (up +15.0 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-11.0%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+0.6%  Alameda County baseline
-11.6pp  gap vs. county
72.5%  retention (county median 89.9%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
72.5%
229 of 316 students

87 of 316 students who enrolled at Mcclymonds High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (27.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Alameda County median
89.9% · school is in the 24th percentile of 70 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 24th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (292) 75.0%
Black / African Am. (219) 73.5%
Students w/ disabilities (71) 74.6%
Hispanic / Latino (52) 76.9%
English learners (35) 65.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Oakland Charter High School 95.9% Oakland International High Sch 73.8% Oakland Unity High School 92.9% Aims College Prep High School 93.9% Latitude 37.8 High 91.0%

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
50.5%
150 of 297 students

Absenteeism is up 15.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Alameda County median
25.4% · school is worse than 75% of 69 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 = 40
17.5%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-37.9 pts vs. Alameda County median (55.4%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 36
8.3%
incl. 5.6% exceeded
-15.9 pts vs. Alameda County median (24.2%) · 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

Black / African Am. 69% -2.6
Hispanic / Latino 18% +4.3
Two or more 3%
Not reported 3%
Pacific Islander 3%
White 2%
Asian 1% -1.2

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 97% +2.0
Socioeconomically disadv. 28% +6.4

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 — Oakland 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
$889.6M
+20.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$25,065
35,489 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 43.4%
Local: 41.5%
Federal: 15.1%
Instruction share
58.3%
of current spending · $11,001/pupil
Long-term debt
$998.6M
+10.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Oakland 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).

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
5%
4 admits / 74 seniors
-15.7 pp vs. peer median (21.1%) · Ranked #9 of 9 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 23.2% 2025 · 5.4%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
5.4%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 5.4%

Higher than 5% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Mcclymonds High School's UC Reach of 5.4% is below the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.

But in Alameda County, where the local median is 33.7% and the top-10% bar is 68.8%, this score is mid-pack rather than exceptional — typical of its market rather than a standout.

Overall, Mcclymonds High School's UC Reach is higher than 5% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
78.4%
58 applications
In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Alameda Co. Top 10% ≥ 354.8% · higher than 50% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
6.9%
4 / 58 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 0% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 4 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
N/A
None enrollees / 74 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
301:1
1.0 FTE counselors · 301 students
In context: CA median 338:1 · 37 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.
A-G Completion
57%
35 of 61 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · +1.5 pp above · Alameda Co. 73.7%.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
74
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
273
All grades · CDE Census Day
Economic Connectedness
0.77
26th percentile in CA · cross‑class friendships

Mcclymonds High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Oakland · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Mcclymonds High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #9 of 9): 5% vs. a peer median of 21%.
  • Its UC Reach has slipped 6 points since 2018 — worth watching.
  • Senior-class enrollment is down 11% (73→65 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of +6%.
  • At its recent rate (-3.5%/yr), enrollment projects to ~270 by 2029 — about 31 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

301 students (2026)
~270 projected (2029)
at -3.5%/yr

That's about 31 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
Mcclymonds High School Public 301 5.4% -11%
Peer-group median 21.1% +6%
Oakland Charter High School Public 330 55.8% -12%
Oakland International High Sch Public 244 9.6% -12%
Oakland Unity High School Public 303 22.8% -10%
Aims College Prep High School Public 369 30.1% +6%
Latitude 37.8 High Public 396 +129%
S.f. International High Public 271 -7%
John Henry High School Public 338 14.5% +36%
Arise High School Public 410 19.4% +77%
Nea Community Learning Center Public 442 16.0% +7%
Metwest High School Public 193 26.8% +16%

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
3.58

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 Davis 3.52 33.3% 33.2% +0.1pp On target
"Applicant GPA" is the average GPA of this school's UC applicant pool — not an individual student GPA. "CA peer avg" is the application-weighted statewide admit rate at this school-pool GPA, fit separately per campus. At any given pool GPA, real admit rates span widely (UCSD ranges 8% → 65% across CA schools) because UCs use comprehensive review — context-of-opportunity, geography, demographics, and applicant essays all weigh in beyond GPA. A large negative residual flags this school is admitted at a meaningfully lower rate than other CA schools at the same pool GPA — not that students here were "rejected at expected rate X." "Over" / "Under" use a ±5-point band. Campuses with fewer than 5 applicants are omitted.

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 11 3.59
UCLA → Elite 8 3.66
UC San Diego → Selective 9 3.51
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 7 3.69
UC Irvine → Selective 11 3.55
UC Davis → 12 4 33.3% 5.4% 3.52
⚠ 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

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.
A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.
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.
UC Reach has declined meaningfully year-over-year. This should be reviewed in context of applicant volume, GPA trends, course rigor changes, and peer-school performance before drawing conclusions.
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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