Palisade Glacier High (continuation)

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No UC admissions data on file for Palisade Glacier High (continuation).

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 (9–12)
33 (2018)20 (2026)
-39.4%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
17 (2018)9 (2026)
-47.1%

If this trend holds (-6.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~19 -1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~17 -3 $0
5 yr (2031) ~15 -5 $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 Inyo County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Critical
Bleeding from both ends.

Enrollment down 47.1% vs. county -39.0%, AND stability (25.6%) below the county median. Fewer families are choosing the school, and the ones who do aren't staying through year-end. Chronic absenteeism is also at 90.0% (up +30.4 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-47.1%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-39.0%  Inyo County baseline
-8.1pp  gap vs. county
25.6%  retention (county median 58.4%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate
25.6%
11 of 43 students

32 of 43 students who enrolled at Palisade Glacier High (continuation) this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (74.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Inyo County median
58.4% · school is in the 0th percentile of 2 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 3rd percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (30) 26.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Big Pine High 93.5% Owens Valley High 87.5% Mountain Oaks High 47.6% Deep Creek Academy 53.2% Sierra Alternative High 23.1%

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
90.0%
36 of 40 students

Absenteeism is up 30.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Inyo County median
52.8% · school is worse than 100% of 2 HS
Statewide median
22.9%

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, 2023

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.

ELA — met or exceeded
n = —
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
Math — met or exceeded
n = —
5.3%
incl. 0.0% exceeded

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

Hispanic / Latino 35%
White 30%
American Indian 15% -15.8
Two or more 10% +6.2
Not reported 10%

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 — Bishop 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
$29.6M
+26.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$15,034
1,969 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 33.3%
Local: 51.3%
Federal: 15.4%
Instruction share
60.3%
of current spending · $8,658/pupil
Long-term debt
$5.1M
-23.8% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Bishop 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).

Palisade Glacier High (continuation) — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 47% (17→9 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -29%.
  • At its recent rate (-6.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~17 by 2029 — about 3 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

20 students (2026)
~17 projected (2029)
at -6.1%/yr

That's about 3 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
Palisade Glacier High (continuation) Public 20 -47%
Peer-group median -29%
Big Pine High Public 27 -64%
Owens Valley High Public 23 +10%
Mountain Oaks High Public 17 -29%
Deep Creek Academy Public 26 -58%
Sierra Alternative High Public 15 -25%
Bravo Lake High Public 28 -30%
Esperanza High Public 12 -50%
Kaweah High Public 34 -15%
Lee Vining High School Public 40 +33%
Hume Lake Charter Public 44 -50%

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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