Morris E. Dailey Charter Elementary

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No UC admissions data on file for Morris E. Dailey Charter Elementary.

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
398 (2018)301 (2026)
-24.4%

If this trend holds (-3.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~291 -10 $0
3 yr (2029) ~271 -30 $0
5 yr (2031) ~253 -48 $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 Fresno County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
94.7%
303 of 320 students

17 of 320 students who enrolled at Morris E. Dailey Charter Elementary this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (5.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Fresno County median
86.8% · school is in the 89th percentile of 70 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 85th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (178) 93.3%
Socio. disadvantaged (151) 93.4%
White (79) 96.2%
Students w/ disabilities (34) 91.2%
English learners (30) 96.7%
Two or more races (26) 96.2%

Nearest peer high schools

Golden Charter Academy 84.2% Design Science Middle College High 96.0% Career Technical Education Charter 91.1% Endeavor Charter 84.7% Aspen Valley Prep Academy 86.3%

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
6.7%
21 of 312 students

Absenteeism is up 5.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Fresno County median
20.6% · school is better than 88% of 69 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 — Fresno 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
$1286.9M
+15.0% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,360
70,088 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 72.1%
Local: 12.4%
Federal: 15.6%
Instruction share
58.4%
of current spending · $9,375/pupil
Long-term debt
$836.3M
+29.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Fresno 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).

Morris E. Dailey Charter Elementary — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-3.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~271 by 2029 — about 30 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

301 students (2026)
~271 projected (2029)
at -3.4%/yr

That's about 30 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
Morris E. Dailey Charter Elementary Public 301
Peer-group median +9%
Golden Charter Academy Public 346
Design Science Middle College High Public 256 +0%
Career Technical Education Charter Public 339 +9%
Endeavor Charter Public 343 +338%
Aspen Valley Prep Academy Public 350
W.e.b. Dubois Public Charter Public 298 -62%
Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity Public 262 +11%
Edison-Bethune Charter Academy Public 337
Carter G. Woodson Public Charter Public 369 -8%
Ambassador Phillip V. Sanchez Ii Public Charter Public 254 +143%

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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