Modoc High School

Alturas · Modoc County · Modoc Joint Unified
Public Modoc County 🏛 Modoc Joint Unified → ~63 seniors CDS 2573585…
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
252 (2018)259 (2026)
+2.8%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
59 (2018)64 (2026)
+8.5%

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) ~260 +1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~262 +3 $0
5 yr (2031) ~263 +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 Modoc County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Critical
Material decline in demand.

Enrollment +8.5% vs. county +61.9% — losing far faster than the county. Each enrolled family matters more, but the engine of new enrollment is breaking down.

+8.5%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+61.9%  Modoc County baseline
-53.4pp  gap vs. county
90.6%  retention (county median 89.8%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate
90.6%
230 of 254 students

24 of 254 students who enrolled at Modoc High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Modoc County median
89.8% · school is in the 100th percentile of 2 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 69th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (171) 90.1%
White (159) 92.5%
Hispanic / Latino (49) 79.6%
Students w/ disabilities (28) 85.7%
American Indian / AN (22) 95.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Mount Shasta High School 85.6% Phoenix Charter Academy College View 77.2% Shasta Charter Academy 81.2% Stellar Charter 84.0% Portola Junior/Senior High 87.7%

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
14.2%
36 of 253 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

Modoc County median
7.8% · school is worse than 50% of 2 HS
Statewide median
22.9%

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 = 58
41.4%
incl. 15.5% exceeded
-19.0 pts vs. Modoc County median (60.4%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 58
20.7%
incl. 5.2% exceeded
-4.4 pts vs. Modoc County median (25.1%) · 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

White 64% +1.7
Hispanic / Latino 21% +1.4
American Indian 7%
Two or more 4%
Black / African Am. 2% -1.0
Not reported 1%
Asian 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 55% -8.5
Socioeconomically disadv. 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 — Modoc 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
$12.8M
+19.0% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$15,733
814 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 57.3%
Local: 27.0%
Federal: 15.7%
Instruction share
51.6%
of current spending · $7,229/pupil
Total revenue by year ($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 Modoc 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).

University of California outcomes · Class of 2024
UC Reach
8%
5 admits / 63 seniors
+1.1 pp above peer median (6.8%) · Ranked #2 of 5 similar schools
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.6%
Peer median
6.8%
Top 10%
53.4%
This school
7.9%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.6% Top 10% ≥ 53.4% This school 7.9%

Higher than 12% of California high schools (1142 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Modoc High School's UC Reach of 7.9% is below the California median (18.6%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.4% or higher.

Overall, Modoc High School's UC Reach is higher than 12% of California high schools (1142 ranked).

UC Application Reach
27.0%
17 applications
In context: CA median 79.7% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 243.8% · higher than 8% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
29.4%
5 / 17 applications
In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.9% · higher than 63% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 5 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 / 63 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
130:1
2.0 FTE counselors · 259 students
In context: CA median 338:1 · 208 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.
A-G Completion
24%
10 of 41 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · -31.5 pp vs. median.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
N/A
Senior Class Size
63
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
237
All grades · CDE Census Day
Economic Connectedness
0.75
24th percentile in CA · cross‑class friendships

Modoc High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Alturas · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Modoc High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #2 of 5): 8% vs. a peer median of 7%.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 8% (59→64 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +4%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.3%/yr); projects to ~262 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

259 students (2026)
~262 projected (2029)
at +0.3%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Modoc High School Public 259 7.9% +8%
Peer-group median 6.8% +4%
Mount Shasta High School Public 261 6.3% -12%
Phoenix Charter Academy College View Public 262 -19%
Shasta Charter Academy Public 280 3.8% -16%
Stellar Charter Public 239 -14%
Portola Junior/Senior High Public 239 12.5% +16%
Burney Junior-Senior Hs Public 231 -3%
Redding Collegiate Academy Public 229 +343%
Fall River Junior-Senior Hs Public 218 +27%
Quincy Junior/Senior High Public 310 7.4% +12%
Northern Summit Academy Shasta Public 209 +48%

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
3.82
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.18

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 4.02 83.3% 31.5% +51.9pp Over
"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 — 2023–2024

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 — 2024

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 6 3.67
UCLA → Elite 5 3.77
UC San Diego → Selective
UC Santa Barbara → Selective
UC Irvine → Selective
UC Davis → 6 5 83.3% 7.9% 4.02 4.18
⚠ 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.
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.
Compare with other schools → See Modoc County rankings →

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