Sierra Foothill Charter

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No UC admissions data on file for Sierra Foothill 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
130 (2018)130 (2026)
+0.0%

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) ~130 +0 $0
3 yr (2029) ~130 +0 $0
5 yr (2031) ~130 +0 $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 Mariposa County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
91.0%
132 of 145 students

13 of 145 students who enrolled at Sierra Foothill Charter this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Mariposa County median
89.0% · school is in the 100th percentile of 2 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 64th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (82) 92.7%
Socio. disadvantaged (61) 96.7%
Hispanic / Latino (48) 93.8%
Students w/ disabilities (21) 95.2%

Nearest peer high schools

Come Back Charter 22.2% Independence High (alternative) 32.1% Glacier High School Charter 77.4% Sequoia High 25.4% Mountain Vista High 57.1%

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
14.5%
21 of 145 students

Absenteeism is down 5.5 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Mariposa County median
25.1% · school is better than 100% of 2 HS
Statewide median
20.9%

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 — Mariposa County 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
$29.6M
+18.6% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,445
1,604 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 30.3%
Local: 59.6%
Federal: 10.1%
Instruction share
51.4%
of current spending · $8,180/pupil
Long-term debt
$15.9M
+86.9% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Mariposa County 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).

Sierra Foothill Charter — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • We don't yet have enough UC-outcome or enrollment history for Sierra Foothill Charter to build a full trend — but its similar-school comparison is below.

Enrollment projection

130 students (2026)
~130 projected (2029)
at +0.0%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Sierra Foothill Charter Public 130
Peer-group median 3.6% +25%
Come Back Charter Public 105 +384%
Independence High (alternative) Public 94 +95%
Glacier High School Charter Public 97 -23%
Sequoia High Public 82
Mountain Vista High Public 123 +0%
Chawanakee Academy Charter Public 164 -43%
Monarch Academy Public 37 +100%
Mariposa County High School Public 459 3.6% +45%
Minarets Charter High School Public 173 +4%
Roberts Ferry Charter School Academy Public 169

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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