Russo/Mcentee Academy

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No UC admissions data on file for Russo/Mcentee Academy.

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
523 (2018)339 (2026)
-35.2%

If this trend holds (-5.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~321 -18 $0
3 yr (2029) ~288 -51 $0
5 yr (2031) ~259 -80 $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 Santa Clara County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
85.7%
306 of 357 students

51 of 357 students who enrolled at Russo/Mcentee Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (14.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Santa Clara County median
90.3% · school is in the 31st percentile of 102 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 37th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (289) 85.1%
Hispanic / Latino (266) 85.0%
English learners (160) 85.6%
Students w/ disabilities (77) 85.7%
Filipino (34) 91.2%
Asian (28) 89.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Renaissance Academy 91.5% Alpha Cindy Avitia High School 87.5% Opportunity Youth Academy 29.9% Rocketship Los Suenos Academy 85.2% Kipp Navigate College Prep 90.1%

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
23.6%
81 of 343 students

Absenteeism is up 11.6 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Santa Clara County median
18.9% · school is worse than 62% of 100 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).

Russo/Mcentee Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-5.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~288 by 2029 — about 51 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

339 students (2026)
~288 projected (2029)
at -5.3%/yr

That's about 51 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
Russo/Mcentee Academy Public 339
Peer-group median 12.1% -5%
Renaissance Academy Public 348
Alpha Cindy Avitia High School Public 341 9.6% -4%
Opportunity Youth Academy Public 333 -44%
Rocketship Los Suenos Academy Public 301
Kipp Navigate College Prep Public 300 14.5% -5%
Ace Charter High School Public 283 3.3% +19%
Rocketship Discovery Prep Public 400
Voices College-Bound Language Academy Public 340
Rocketship Si Se Puede Academy Public 270
Latino College Prep Academy Public 427 24.3% -8%

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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