Options for Youth - Acton
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If this trend holds (+23.2%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~2,568 | +483 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~3,895 | +1810 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~5,907 | +3822 | $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 San Bernardino County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Enrollment growth is beating San Bernardino County (+1076.9% vs. +0.0%), but 4008 of 5526 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 40.9% (up +19.3 pts from 2017-18) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.
4,008 of 5,526 students who enrolled at Options for Youth - Acton this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (72.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
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.
Absenteeism is up 19.4 pp since 2017-18. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
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.
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
Program subgroups
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 — Acton-Agua Dulce 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.
Local: 42.0%
Federal: 9.0%
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 Acton-Agua Dulce 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).
-9.0 pp vs. peer median (13.5%) · Ranked #10 of 10 similar schools
18.6%
13.5%
53.4%
4.5%
Higher than 4% of California high schools (1142 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Options for Youth - Acton's UC Reach of 4.5% is below the California median (18.6%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.4% or higher.
Overall, Options for Youth - Acton's UC Reach is higher than 4% of California high schools (1142 ranked).
Options for Youth - Acton — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Fontana · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Options for Youth - Acton sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #10 of 10): 4% vs. a peer median of 14%.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 1077% (26→306 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -12%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+23.2%/yr); projects to ~3895 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Options for Youth - Acton | Public | 2085 | 4.5% | +1077% |
| Peer-group median | 13.5% | -12% | ||
| Bloomington High School | Public | 1776 | 7.7% | -18% |
| Fontana High School | Public | 2452 | 14.1% | -5% |
| Jurupa Hills High School | Public | 1701 | 13.5% | -19% |
| Eisenhower High School | Public | 2044 | 12.8% | -15% |
| Patriot High School | Public | 2369 | 11.7% | +16% |
| Fontana A. B. Miller High | Public | 1887 | — | -16% |
| Wilmer Amina Carter Hs | Public | 1916 | 18.5% | -18% |
| John W North High School | Public | 1989 | 17.8% | -8% |
| Ramona High | Public | 2096 | 15.9% | +9% |
| Colony High School | Public | 2030 | 12.1% | +7% |
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 →
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 San Diego | 3.42 | 33.3% | 38.9% | -5.5pp | Under |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.46 | 44.4% | 37.2% | +7.2pp | Over |
Campus Breakdown — 2024
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.02 | — |
| UCLA → Elite | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.32 | — |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 24 | 8 | — | 33.3% | 3.0% | — | 3.42 | 3.89 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 9 | 4 | — | 44.4% | 1.5% | — | 3.46 | — |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.41 | — |
| UC Davis → | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.45 | — |