Pioneer Junior High

· San Bernardino County · Upland Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Pioneer 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
843 (2018)761 (2026)
-9.7%

If this trend holds (-1.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~751 -10 $0
3 yr (2029) ~732 -29 $0
5 yr (2031) ~714 -47 $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.

Stability rate
93.9%
740 of 788 students

48 of 788 students who enrolled at Pioneer Junior High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (6.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Bernardino County median
83.7% · school is in the 90th percentile of 157 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 81st percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (406) 91.4%
Hispanic / Latino (365) 92.9%
White (258) 94.6%
Students w/ disabilities (121) 87.6%
Asian (87) 96.6%
Two or more races (27) 92.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Central Language Academy 91.5% Upland Junior High 87.4% Alta Loma Junior High 91.6% Pomona High School 81.3% Ganesha High School 82.7%

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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
10.9%
85 of 778 students

Absenteeism is up 7.1 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Bernardino County median
24.5% · school is better than 81% of 155 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
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).

District financial profile — Upland 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
$154.6M
+9.6% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$15,111
10,228 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 56.4%
Local: 28.9%
Federal: 14.7%
Instruction share
64.3%
of current spending · $8,309/pupil
Long-term debt
$134.3M
+15.0% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Upland 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).

Pioneer Junior High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-1.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~732 by 2029 — about 29 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

761 students (2026)
~732 projected (2029)
at -1.3%/yr

That's about 29 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
Pioneer Junior High Public 761
Peer-group median 14.0% -12%
Central Language Academy Public 751
Upland Junior High Public 604
Alta Loma Junior High Public 979
Pomona High School Public 906 15.0% -27%
Ganesha High School Public 799 14.0% -1%
Foothill Knolls Academy Of Innovation Public 519
Vineyard Junior High Public 1013
School of Arts and Enterprise Public 621 12.5% -12%
Allegiance Steam Academy - Thrive Public 953
Grace Yokley Junior High Public 624

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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