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East Hills Academy → Monarch School → Alta Vista Academy → Maac Community Charter → Palomar High → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-4.3%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~52 | -2 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~47 | -7 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~43 | -11 | $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 Diego 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 Diego County (+26.7% vs. -12.5%), but 21 of 66 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 39.7% (up +27.4 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.
21 of 66 students who enrolled at Options Secondary School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (31.8% 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 28.3 pp since 2016-17. 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.
Options Secondary School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · San Diego · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 27% (15→19 from 2024 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -19%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-4.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~47 by 2029 — about 7 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Options Secondary School | Public | 54 | — | +27% |
| Peer-group median | 28.5% | -19% | ||
| East Hills Academy | Public | 64 | — | -8% |
| Monarch School | Public | 59 | — | +50% |
| Alta Vista Academy | Public | 33 | — | -17% |
| Maac Community Charter | Public | 151 | — | -41% |
| Palomar High | Public | 222 | — | -21% |
| East Village Middle College Hs | Public | 158 | 52.2% | +33% |
| Garfield High | Public | 164 | — | -36% |
| City Heights Preparatory Charter | Public | 157 | — | +175% |
| King-Chavez Community High | Public | 255 | 4.8% | -66% |
| Greater San Diego Academy | Public | 196 | — | -23% |
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 →
GPA figures reflect 2021 — UC has not yet released applicant/admit GPA for 2024.
Campus Breakdown — 2024
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) '21 | Avg GPA (Adm) '21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UC Davis → | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |