Nevada City School Of The Arts

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No UC admissions data on file for Nevada City School Of The Arts.

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
414 (2018)486 (2026)
+17.4%

If this trend holds (+2.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~496 +10 $0
3 yr (2029) ~516 +30 $0
5 yr (2031) ~537 +51 $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 Nevada County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
96.7%
468 of 484 students

16 of 484 students who enrolled at Nevada City School Of The Arts this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (3.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Nevada County median
88.3% · school is in the 100th percentile of 13 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 95th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (364) 96.2%
Socio. disadvantaged (229) 95.6%
Students w/ disabilities (77) 96.1%
Hispanic / Latino (61) 98.4%
Two or more races (51) 98.0%

Nearest peer high schools

John Muir Charter 23.8% Grass Valley Charter 94.2% Yuba River Charter 94.3% Forest Charter School 74.8% Colfax High School 92.3%

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
11.6%
56 of 481 students

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

Nevada County median
17.2% · school is better than 75% of 12 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 — Nevada County Office of Education (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
$40.7M
+18.5% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$29,307
1,388 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 61.5%
Local: 27.7%
Federal: 10.8%
Instruction share
46.0%
of current spending · $10,076/pupil
Total revenue by year ($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 Nevada County Office of Education 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).

Nevada City School Of The Arts — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+2.0%/yr); projects to ~516 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

486 students (2026)
~516 projected (2029)
at +2.0%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Nevada City School Of The Arts Public 486
Peer-group median 5.0% -9%
John Muir Charter Public 543 -90%
Grass Valley Charter Public 556
Yuba River Charter Public 326
Forest Charter School Public 284 5.0% -9%
Colfax High School Public 602 26.1% -4%
Twin Ridges Home Study Charter Public 273
Bell Hill Academy Public 244
Bear River High School Public 653 4.6% -15%
Marysville Charter Academy For The Arts Public 378 +26%
William and Marian Ghidotti Hs Public

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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