Santa Ynez Valley Charter

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No UC admissions data on file for Santa Ynez Valley Charter.

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
196 (2018)212 (2026)
+8.2%

If this trend holds (+1.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~214 +2 $0
3 yr (2029) ~218 +6 $0
5 yr (2031) ~223 +11 $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 Barbara County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
95.3%
184 of 193 students

9 of 193 students who enrolled at Santa Ynez Valley Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (4.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Santa Barbara County median
91.5% · school is in the 87th percentile of 31 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 88th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (73) 98.6%
Socio. disadvantaged (43) 93.0%
Hispanic / Latino (32) 90.6%
Students w/ disabilities (23) 95.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Santa Barbara Charter 93.2% Santa Barbara Community Academy 90.5% Santa Ynez Valley Union Hs 94.0% Maple High 30.3% Adelante Charter 96.2%

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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
11.6%
22 of 190 students

Absenteeism is up 4.7 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Santa Barbara County median
18.9% · school is better than 94% of 31 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).

Santa Ynez Valley Charter — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+1.0%/yr); projects to ~218 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

212 students (2026)
~218 projected (2029)
at +1.0%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Santa Ynez Valley Charter Public 212
Peer-group median 11.4% +1%
Santa Barbara Charter Public 257
Santa Barbara Community Academy Public 208
Santa Ynez Valley Union Hs Public 729 19.5% -15%
Maple High Public 129 +150%
Adelante Charter Public 304
Delta High School Public 310 3.5% -27%
Los Berros Visual And Performing Arts Academy Public 406
El Camino High Public 223 11.4% +10%
La Cumbre Junior High Public 410
Pacific High Public 192 +1%

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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