Pioneer Magnet School For The Visual And Performing Arts

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No UC admissions data on file for Pioneer Magnet School For The Visual And Performing Arts.

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
218 (2018)184 (2026)
-15.6%

If this trend holds (-2.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~180 -4 $0
3 yr (2029) ~173 -11 $0
5 yr (2031) ~165 -19 $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 Amador County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
90.2%
166 of 184 students

18 of 184 students who enrolled at Pioneer Magnet School For The Visual And Performing Arts this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Amador County median
86.3% · school is in the 83rd percentile of 6 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 59th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (125) 87.2%
White (120) 91.7%
Students w/ disabilities (45) 91.1%
Hispanic / Latino (39) 84.6%
Two or more races (20) 95.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Pine Grove Elementary Stem Magnet 82.5% Jackson Junior High 85.2% Mountain Oaks School 85.7% Charter Community School Home Study Academy 74.8% Charter Alternative Program (cap) 87.4%

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
35.4%
64 of 181 students

Absenteeism is up 16.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Amador County median
29.0% · school is worse than 83% of 6 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 — Amador County 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
$52.9M
+14.4% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$13,608
3,889 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 29.2%
Local: 59.6%
Federal: 11.2%
Instruction share
52.8%
of current spending · $6,370/pupil
Long-term debt
$10.6M
+17.5% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Amador County 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 Magnet School For The Visual And Performing Arts — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-2.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~173 by 2029 — about 11 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

184 students (2026)
~173 projected (2029)
at -2.1%/yr

That's about 11 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 Magnet School For The Visual And Performing Arts Public 184
Peer-group median 6.3% +2%
Pine Grove Elementary Stem Magnet Public 275
Jackson Junior High Public 282
Mountain Oaks School Public 139 +12%
Charter Community School Home Study Academy Public 257 +20%
Charter Alternative Program (cap) Public 329
Buckeye Union Mandarin Immersion Charter Public 225
Independence Continuation Public 97 -3%
Ione Junior High Public 390
Argonaut High School Public 576 6.8% -10%
Amador High School Public 581 5.9% +2%

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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