Phoenix High (continuation)

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No UC admissions data on file for Phoenix 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)
76 (2018)95 (2026)
+25.0%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
52 (2018)63 (2026)
+21.2%

If this trend holds (+2.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~98 +3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~103 +8 $0
5 yr (2031) ~109 +14 $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 Placer County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Mixed signal
Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Placer County (+21.2% vs. +16.4%), but 44 of 122 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 90.4% (up +2.5 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+21.2%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+16.4%  Placer County baseline
+4.8pp  gap vs. county
63.9%  retention (county median 90.8%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
63.9%
78 of 122 students

44 of 122 students who enrolled at Phoenix High (continuation) this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (36.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Placer County median
90.8% · school is in the 17th percentile of 23 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 22nd percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (95) 69.5%
Hispanic / Latino (60) 70.0%
White (47) 55.3%
English learners (22) 63.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Atlas Learning Academy 55.6% Adelante High (continuation) 52.2% Confluence Continuation High 52.9% Mcclellan High (continuation) 31.9% La Entrada Continuation High 38.6%

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
90.4%
103 of 114 students

Roughly one in three students is chronically absent. A floor this high signals systemic engagement problems beyond what any single intervention can fix.

Placer County median
15.1% · school is worse than 91% of 22 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).

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.

ELA — met or exceeded
n = 24
29.2%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-38.1 pts vs. Placer County median (67.3%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 24
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-40.2 pts vs. Placer County median (40.2%) · CA median 21.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

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 52% -2.5
White 37% +5.6
Not reported 5%
Two or more 2% -3.4
American Indian 2%
Asian 1%
Black / African Am. 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 59% -5.3
Homeless 12% -8.6

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 — Western Placer 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
$134.1M
+21.8% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,935
7,081 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 30.7%
Local: 61.9%
Federal: 7.4%
Instruction share
59.0%
of current spending · $7,458/pupil
Long-term debt
$316.8M
+49.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Western Placer 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).

Phoenix High (continuation) — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 21% (52→63 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +6%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+2.8%/yr); projects to ~103 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

95 students (2026)
~103 projected (2029)
at +2.8%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Phoenix High (continuation) Public 95 +21%
Peer-group median +6%
Atlas Learning Academy Public 99 +100%
Adelante High (continuation) Public 118 +8%
Confluence Continuation High Public 75 +104%
Mcclellan High (continuation) Public 78 +6%
La Entrada Continuation High Public 84 +43%
Meraki High Public 84 +6%
Vista Nueva Career And Technology High Public 102 -29%
Pacific Career And Technology High Public 73 -41%
Victory High Public 43 -47%
Walnutwood High (independent Study) Public 146 +4%

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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