Rudsdale Continuation High

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No UC admissions data on file for Rudsdale Continuation 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 (9–12)
187 (2018)245 (2026)
+31.0%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
86 (2018)168 (2026)
+95.3%

If this trend holds (+3.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~253 +8 $0
3 yr (2029) ~271 +26 $0
5 yr (2031) ~290 +45 $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 Alameda 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 Alameda County (+95.3% vs. +0.6%), but 276 of 477 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 96.8% (up +0.9 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+95.3%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+0.6%  Alameda County baseline
+94.7pp  gap vs. county
42.1%  retention (county median 89.9%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
42.1%
201 of 477 students

276 of 477 students who enrolled at Rudsdale Continuation High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (57.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Alameda County median
89.9% · school is in the 11th percentile of 70 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 13th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (447) 45.0%
Hispanic / Latino (395) 44.3%
English learners (351) 44.2%
Black / African Am. (54) 31.5%
Students w/ disabilities (33) 24.2%

Nearest peer high schools

Oakland Unity High School 92.9% Oakland International High Sch 73.8% Oakland Charter High School 95.9% Mcclymonds High School 72.5%

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
96.8%
424 of 438 students

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

Alameda County median
25.4% · school is worse than 96% of 69 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 = 27
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-55.4 pts vs. Alameda County median (55.4%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 29
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-24.2 pts vs. Alameda County median (24.2%) · 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 82% -5.8
Black / African Am. 12% +2.0
Asian 1%
Two or more 1%
Not reported 1%
Pacific Islander 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 98%
English learners 71%
Homeless 19% -29.2
Socioeconomically disadv. 6% -1.4

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 — Oakland 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
$889.6M
+20.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$25,065
35,489 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 43.4%
Local: 41.5%
Federal: 15.1%
Instruction share
58.3%
of current spending · $11,001/pupil
Long-term debt
$998.6M
+10.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Oakland 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).

Rudsdale Continuation High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 95% (86→168 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -11%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+3.4%/yr); projects to ~271 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

245 students (2026)
~271 projected (2029)
at +3.4%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Rudsdale Continuation High Public 245 +95%
Peer-group median 16.2% -11%
Oakland Unity High School Public 303 22.8% -10%
Oakland International High Sch Public 244 9.6% -12%
Oakland Charter High School Public 330 55.8% -12%
Metwest High School Public 193 26.8% +16%
Mcclymonds High School Public 301 5.4% -11%
Opportunity Academy Public 202 +450%
Lps Oakland R&d Campus Public 143 8.3% -36%
Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy Public 395 +8%
Aspire Golden State College Preparatory Academy Public 404 -19%
Envision Academy For Arts & Technology Public 171 -58%

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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