Miranda Junior High

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No UC admissions data on file for Miranda Junior High.

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
133 (2018)77 (2026)
-42.1%

If this trend holds (-6.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~72 -5 $0
3 yr (2029) ~63 -14 $0
5 yr (2031) ~55 -22 $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 Humboldt County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
77.0%
77 of 100 students

23 of 100 students who enrolled at Miranda Junior High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (23.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Humboldt County median
88.3% · school is in the 24th percentile of 21 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 19th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (83) 73.5%
White (62) 75.8%
Hispanic / Latino (30) 76.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Agnes J. Johnson Charter 50.0% South Fork High School 90.3% East High (continuation) 48.0% Three Rivers Charter 83.3% Potter 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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
44.8%
43 of 96 students

Absenteeism is up 19.8 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Humboldt County median
23.7% · school is worse than 89% of 19 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 — Southern Humboldt 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
$18.9M
+68.4% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$28,327
666 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 56.7%
Local: 35.0%
Federal: 8.2%
Instruction share
53.4%
of current spending · $8,699/pupil
Long-term debt
$27.8M
+1.1% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Southern Humboldt 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).

Miranda Junior High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-6.6%/yr), enrollment projects to ~63 by 2029 — about 14 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

77 students (2026)
~63 projected (2029)
at -6.6%/yr

That's about 14 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
Miranda Junior High Public 77
Peer-group median 9.2% +28%
Agnes J. Johnson Charter Public 79 +0%
South Fork High School Public 220 6.0% +28%
East High (continuation) Public 74 -2%
Three Rivers Charter Public 78 +50%
Potter Valley High School Public 70 +43%
Hayfork High School Public 90 12.5% +38%
South Bay Charter Public 62
Eel River Charter Public 62
Laytonville High School Public 96 -7%
Union Street Charter Public 96

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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