Middle College High
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John Henry High School → Invictus Academy Of Richmond → Mcclymonds High School → John Swett High School → Oakland International High Sch → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-0.3%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~289 | -1 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~288 | -2 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~286 | -4 | $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 Contra Costa County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Middle College High's enrollment is tracking Contra Costa County's baseline (-4.2% vs. -3.2%), and 98.3% stability is elite. The demographic tide is the headwind; you're holding your share.
5 of 294 students who enrolled at Middle College High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (1.7% 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: grades 9–12.
Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.
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.
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
Program subgroups
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 — West Contra Costa 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: 36.8%
Federal: 15.5%
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 West Contra Costa 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).
+62.3 pp above peer median (8.5%) · Ranked #1 of 9 similar schools
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53.3%
70.8%
Higher than 96% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Middle College High's UC Reach of 70.8% clears the statewide top-10% cutoff (53.3%) — meaning roughly 70 top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, well above what most California schools achieve.
In Contra Costa County — a competitive market where the median is already 25.6% — this still clears the county top-10% bar (58.5%).
Against similar schools, Middle College High stands out clearly — the peer-group median is 8.5%.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 32 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Middle College High's UC Reach is higher than 96% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
Middle College High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Middle College High sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 9): 71% vs. a peer median of 8%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 28 points since 2018.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 4% (72→69 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -9%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-0.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~288 by 2029 — about 2 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle College High | Public | 290 | 70.8% | -4% |
| Peer-group median | 8.5% | -9% | ||
| John Henry High School | Public | 338 | 14.5% | +36% |
| Invictus Academy Of Richmond | Public | 399 | 6.6% | -7% |
| Mcclymonds High School | Public | 301 | 5.4% | -11% |
| John Swett High School | Public | 364 | 18.7% | -24% |
| Oakland International High Sch | Public | 244 | 9.6% | -12% |
| Greenwood Academy | Public | 155 | — | -59% |
| Summit Public School K2 | Public | 539 | 5.1% | -5% |
| Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy | Public | 606 | — | +38% |
| Aims College Prep High School | Public | 369 | 30.1% | +6% |
| John F. Kennedy High | Public | 625 | 7.4% | -34% |
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 | 4.04 | 20.0% | 13.4% | +6.6pp | Over |
| UC San Diego | 4.06 | 8.1% | 18.8% | -10.7pp | Under |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.98 | 45.5% | 31.5% | +14.0pp | Over |
| UC Irvine | 4.04 | 22.2% | 27.9% | -5.7pp | Under |
| UC Davis | 4.01 | 36.4% | 33.0% | +3.4pp | On target |
Where Middle College High sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (25.5% actual vs. 24.4% 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 | 50 | 10 | 9 | 20.0% | 13.9% | 90.0% | 4.04 | 4.28 |
| UCLA → Elite | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.07 | — |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 37 | 3 | — | 8.1% | 4.2% | — | 4.06 | — |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 22 | 10 | 3 | 45.5% | 13.9% | 30.0% | 3.98 | 4.24 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 36 | 8 | — | 22.2% | 11.1% | — | 4.04 | 4.26 |
| UC Davis → | 55 | 20 | 7 | 36.4% | 27.8% | 35.0% | 4.01 | 4.26 |