Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy

· San Luis Obispo County · Atascadero Unified
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Fine Arts Academy → Almond Acres Charter Academy → Atascadero Choices In Education Academy (ace) → Grizzly Challenge Charter → Templeton High School → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for Santa Rosa Road Academic 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
347 (2018)348 (2026)
+0.3%

If this trend holds (+0.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~348 +0 $0
3 yr (2029) ~348 +0 $0
5 yr (2031) ~349 +1 $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 Luis Obispo County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
82.9%
343 of 414 students

71 of 414 students who enrolled at Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (17.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Luis Obispo County median
86.1% · school is in the 40th percentile of 20 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 28th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (307) 82.7%
Hispanic / Latino (210) 81.4%
White (147) 83.0%
Students w/ disabilities (114) 85.1%
English learners (92) 80.4%
Two or more races (27) 88.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Fine Arts Academy 89.9% Almond Acres Charter Academy 91.1% Atascadero Choices In Education Academy (ace) 72.4% Grizzly Challenge Charter 0.0% Templeton High School 96.1%

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
27.3%
109 of 399 students

Absenteeism is up 17.6 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Luis Obispo County median
22.9% · school is worse than 67% of 18 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 — Atascadero 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
$79.2M
+30.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,015
4,397 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 37.0%
Local: 55.5%
Federal: 7.5%
Instruction share
56.8%
of current spending · $7,214/pupil
Long-term debt
$103.7M
+7.7% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Atascadero 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).

Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • We don't yet have enough UC-outcome or enrollment history for Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy to build a full trend — but its similar-school comparison is below.

Enrollment projection

348 students (2026)
~348 projected (2029)
at +0.0%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Santa Rosa Road Academic Academy Public 348
Peer-group median 21.6% -2%
Fine Arts Academy Public 231
Almond Acres Charter Academy Public 422
Atascadero Choices In Education Academy (ace) Public 166 +115%
Grizzly Challenge Charter Public 249 -28%
Templeton High School Public 698 21.6% +0%
Liberty High (continuation) Public 171 +82%
Atascadero High School Public 1146 8.5% -4%
Morro Bay High School Public 771 25.7% -8%
Central Coast New Tech High Public 314 -4%
Independence High Public 125 +47%

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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