S.f. County Opportunity (hilltop)

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Life Learning Academy Charter → Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High → Island High (continuation) → Academy (the)- Sf @mcateer → Berkeley Technology Academy → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for S.f. County Opportunity (hilltop).

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)
45 (2018)59 (2026)
+31.1%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
20 (2018)37 (2026)
+85.0%

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) ~61 +2 $0
3 yr (2029) ~65 +6 $0
5 yr (2031) ~70 +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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco County (+85.0% vs. -1.6%), but 37 of 102 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 99.0% (up +99.0 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+85.0%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-1.6%  San Francisco County baseline
+86.6pp  gap vs. county
63.7%  retention (county median 86.2%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
63.7%
65 of 102 students

37 of 102 students who enrolled at S.f. County Opportunity (hilltop) this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (36.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Francisco County median
86.2% · school is in the 28th percentile of 18 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 22nd percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (96) 65.6%
Socio. disadvantaged (82) 68.3%
English learners (81) 64.2%

Nearest peer high schools

Life Learning Academy Charter 57.1% Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High 27.8% Island High (continuation) 41.1% Academy (the)- Sf @mcateer 89.4% Berkeley Technology Academy 54.7%

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
99.0%
97 of 98 students

Absenteeism is up 99.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Francisco County median
39.8% · school is worse than 100% of 17 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).

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 92% -1.9
Black / African Am. 5% +1.2
White 2%
Two or more 2%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 63% -1.8
English learners 48% -13.0

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 Francisco County Office of Education (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
$60.6M
-44.4% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$206,972
293 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 26.6%
Local: 49.9%
Federal: 23.5%
Instruction share
49.5%
of current spending · $176,143/pupil
Total revenue by year ($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 Francisco County Office of Education 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).

S.f. County Opportunity (hilltop) — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 85% (20→37 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -4%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+3.4%/yr); projects to ~65 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

59 students (2026)
~65 projected (2029)
at +3.4%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
S.f. County Opportunity (hilltop) Public 59 +85%
Peer-group median -4%
Life Learning Academy Charter Public 46 +64%
Ralph J. Bunche Continuation High Public 53 -40%
Island High (continuation) Public 50 -55%
Academy (the)- Sf @mcateer Public 98 -72%
Berkeley Technology Academy Public 52 +5%
Millennium High Alternative Public 75 +6%
Street Academy Alternative High Public 83 +4%
Thornton High Public 106 -37%
Gateway To College High At Laney College Public 100 -11%
Baden High (continuation) Public 111 +60%

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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