Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High

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No UC admissions data on file for Oliver Wendell Holmes 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
723 (2018)616 (2026)
-14.8%

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) ~604 -12 $0
3 yr (2029) ~580 -36 $0
5 yr (2031) ~557 -59 $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 Yolo County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
94.8%
201 of 212 students

11 of 212 students who enrolled at Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (5.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Yolo County median
91.2% · school is in the 93rd percentile of 14 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 89th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

White (261) 96.6%
Socio. disadvantaged (161) 88.2%
Asian (157) 92.4%
Hispanic / Latino (100) 90.0%
Students w/ disabilities (84) 86.9%
Two or more races (56) 94.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Da Vinci Charter Academy 93.8% Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High 91.4% Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High 96.1% Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep 98.1% Dixon Montessori Charter 98.1%

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
12.0%
25 of 209 students

Absenteeism is up 8.7 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Yolo County median
20.4% · school is better than 79% of 14 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
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).

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 42% -1.7
Asian 28% +5.7
Hispanic / Latino 14% -6.5
Two or more 10% +1.9
Black / African Am. 4% +1.7
Filipino 1%
American Indian 1%
Not reported 0% -1.4

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 26% +8.2
Socioeconomically disadv. 12% -6.8

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 — Davis 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
$146.3M
+27.5% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$17,780
8,229 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 36.2%
Local: 56.2%
Federal: 7.6%
Instruction share
56.4%
of current spending · $8,706/pupil
Long-term debt
$203.1M
+210.0% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Davis 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).

Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-2.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~580 by 2029 — about 36 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

616 students (2026)
~580 projected (2029)
at -2.0%/yr

That's about 36 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
Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High Public 616
Peer-group median 24.0% -4%
Da Vinci Charter Academy Public 561 24.0% -19%
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Junior High Public 532
Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High Public 518
Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Public 634 29.4% +10%
Dixon Montessori Charter Public 468
Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Middle Public 518
The Language Academy Of Sacramento Public 637
Leroy Greene Academy Public 753 16.5% -4%
Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep Elementary Public 503
River Charter Schools Lighthouse Charter Public 473

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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