Provisional Accelerated Learning Academy

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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)
241 (2018)244 (2026)
+1.2%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
96 (2018)77 (2026)
-19.8%

If this trend holds (+0.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~244 +0 $0
3 yr (2029) ~245 +1 $0
5 yr (2031) ~246 +2 $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.

Critical
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -19.8% vs. county +0.0% AND stability (49.3%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem.

-19.8%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+0.0%  San Bernardino County baseline
-19.8pp  gap vs. county
49.3%  retention (county median 80.5%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
49.3%
147 of 298 students

151 of 298 students who enrolled at Provisional Accelerated Learning Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (50.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Bernardino County median
80.5% · school is in the 21st percentile of 99 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 16th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (311) 49.2%
Hispanic / Latino (264) 48.1%
English learners (79) 43.0%
Black / African Am. (71) 43.7%
Students w/ disabilities (56) 50.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Middle College High 93.8% Slover Mountain High (continuation) 40.4% Mojave River Academy - Gold Canyon 61.0% Dr. John H. Milor High Continuation 33.9% Asa Charter 37.2%

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
4.0%
11 of 274 students

Absenteeism is down 7.7 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

San Bernardino County median
26.7% · school is better than 97% of 97 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 = 48
25.0%
incl. 6.2% exceeded
-21.3 pts vs. San Bernardino County median (46.3%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 48
4.2%
incl. 4.2% exceeded
-11.6 pts vs. San Bernardino County median (15.8%) · 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 70% +15.7
Black / African Am. 15% +1.0
Not reported 7% -15.6
Two or more 4% +2.5
White 3% -2.4
Pacific Islander 0%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 76% -8.8
English learners 12% -4.2
Socioeconomically disadv. 7% -4.9

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 — San Bernardino City 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
$920.4M
+18.8% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$19,710
46,693 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 72.5%
Local: 10.1%
Federal: 17.4%
Instruction share
56.5%
of current spending · $9,863/pupil
Long-term debt
$511.0M
+46.5% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 San Bernardino City 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).

Provisional Accelerated Learning Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 20% (96→77 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -11%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.2%/yr); projects to ~245 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

244 students (2026)
~245 projected (2029)
at +0.2%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Provisional Accelerated Learning Academy Public 244 -20%
Peer-group median 45.9% -11%
Middle College High Public 277 81.4% -12%
Slover Mountain High (continuation) Public 223 -22%
Mojave River Academy - Gold Canyon Public 227 +100%
Dr. John H. Milor High Continuation Public 192 -11%
Asa Charter Public 350 -46%
Grove High School Public 270 10.3% +48%
Nueva Vista Continuation High Public 210 +1%
Orangewood High (continuation) Public 205 -10%
San Andreas High Public 337 -27%
Citrus High (continuation) Public 335 +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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