Shasta Collegiate Academy

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No UC admissions data on file for Shasta Collegiate 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 (9–12)
110 (2018)75 (2026)
-31.8%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
50 (2018)26 (2026)
-48.0%

If this trend holds (-4.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~71 -4 $0
3 yr (2029) ~65 -10 $0
5 yr (2031) ~59 -16 $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 Shasta County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Critical
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -48.0% vs. county +12.3% AND stability (38.1%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 49.2% (up +3.5 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-48.0%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+12.3%  Shasta County baseline
-60.3pp  gap vs. county
38.1%  retention (county median 79.1%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
38.1%
51 of 134 students

83 of 134 students who enrolled at Shasta Collegiate Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (61.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Shasta County median
79.1% · school is in the 20th percentile of 20 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 11th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

White (94) 33.0%
Socio. disadvantaged (75) 40.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Mountain Lakes High 36.8% North Valley High 28.5% Oakview High (alternative) 50.0% Pioneer Continuation High 27.6% California Heritage Youthbuild Academy Ii 50.4%

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
49.2%
58 of 118 students

Absenteeism is up 3.5 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Shasta County median
25.2% · school is worse than 75% of 20 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 = 36
77.8%
incl. 36.1% exceeded
+22.4 pts above Shasta County median (55.4%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 36
44.4%
incl. 8.3% exceeded
+11.3 pts above Shasta County median (33.1%) · 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

White 64% -3.2
Hispanic / Latino 12% -4.8
Two or more 9% +3.4
American Indian 7%
Asian 4% +2.3
Black / African Am. 1%
Filipino 1%
Not reported 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 17% -13.8

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 — Shasta Union High (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
$80.7M
+7.6% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$15,505
5,202 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 47.8%
Local: 43.2%
Federal: 9.1%
Instruction share
56.5%
of current spending · $7,820/pupil
Long-term debt
$65.3M
+117.2% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Shasta Union High 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).

Shasta Collegiate Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 48% (50→26 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -8%.
  • At its recent rate (-4.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~65 by 2029 — about 10 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

75 students (2026)
~65 projected (2029)
at -4.7%/yr

That's about 10 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
Shasta Collegiate Academy Public 75 -48%
Peer-group median 3.8% -8%
Mountain Lakes High Public 64 +12%
North Valley High Public 75 +0%
Oakview High (alternative) Public 64 -3%
Pioneer Continuation High Public 202 +13%
California Heritage Youthbuild Academy Ii Public 156 -55%
Anderson New Technology High Public 130 -26%
Redding Collegiate Academy Public 229 +343%
Stellar Charter Public 239 -14%
Shasta Charter Academy Public 280 3.8% -16%
Phoenix Charter Academy College View Public 262 -19%

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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