O. J. Actis Junior High

· Kern County · Panama-Buena Vista Union
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No UC admissions data on file for O. J. Actis 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
673 (2018)648 (2026)
-3.7%

If this trend holds (-0.5%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~645 -3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~639 -9 $0
5 yr (2031) ~633 -15 $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 Kern County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
80.3%
617 of 768 students

151 of 768 students who enrolled at O. J. Actis Junior High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (19.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Kern County median
84.9% · school is in the 33rd percentile of 70 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 23rd percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (662) 78.9%
Hispanic / Latino (522) 81.0%
Students w/ disabilities (136) 72.8%
English learners (105) 82.9%
Black / African Am. (103) 76.7%
White (77) 81.8%

Nearest peer high schools

Fred L. Thompson Junior High 85.1% Fruitvale Junior High 91.7% Sequoia Jr. High 82.7% Abraham Lincoln Jr. High 76.4% Tevis Junior High 89.3%

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
26.4%
194 of 736 students

Absenteeism is up 13.3 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Kern County median
19.2% · school is worse than 73% of 70 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).

O. J. Actis Junior High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-0.5%/yr), enrollment projects to ~639 by 2029 — about 9 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

648 students (2026)
~639 projected (2029)
at -0.5%/yr

That's about 9 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
O. J. Actis Junior High Public 648
Peer-group median +23%
Fred L. Thompson Junior High Public 719
Fruitvale Junior High Public 647
Sequoia Jr. High Public 745
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High Public 605
Tevis Junior High Public 801
Kern Workforce 2000 Academy Public 483 +23%
Fairfax Jr. High Public 641
Compton Junior High Public 580
Highgate Elementary Public 817
Highland Elementary Public 782

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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