Silas Bartsch

· Fresno County · Kings Canyon Joint Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Silas Bartsch.

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
672 (2018)606 (2026)
-9.8%

If this trend holds (-1.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~598 -8 $0
3 yr (2029) ~583 -23 $0
5 yr (2031) ~568 -38 $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 Fresno County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
90.4%
583 of 645 students

62 of 645 students who enrolled at Silas Bartsch this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (9.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Fresno County median
86.8% · school is in the 74th percentile of 70 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 60th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (593) 90.2%
Socio. disadvantaged (572) 90.0%
English learners (190) 90.0%
Students w/ disabilities (56) 89.3%
White (34) 91.2%

Nearest peer high schools

Orange Cove High School 87.4% Parlier Junior High 89.6% Sanger Academy Charter 99.3% Parlier High School 88.2% Rafer Johnson Junior High 90.6%

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
10.4%
65 of 628 students

Absenteeism is up 6.8 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Fresno County median
20.6% · school is better than 81% of 69 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 — Kings Canyon Joint 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
$178.5M
+23.3% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,527
9,634 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 68.2%
Local: 15.2%
Federal: 16.6%
Instruction share
54.9%
of current spending · $8,400/pupil
Long-term debt
$92.9M
+1.7% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Kings Canyon Joint 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).

Silas Bartsch — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-1.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~583 by 2029 — about 23 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

606 students (2026)
~583 projected (2029)
at -1.3%/yr

That's about 23 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
Silas Bartsch Public 606
Peer-group median 18.1% -3%
Orange Cove High School Public 588 7.1% -17%
Parlier Junior High Public 525
Sanger Academy Charter Public 612
Parlier High School Public 947 3.2% -3%
Rafer Johnson Junior High Public 432
Quail Lake Environmental Charter Public 600
Global Learning Charter Public 606
Fowler High School Public 796 25.6% +8%
Reedley Middle College Hs Public 267 41.1% +109%
Orosi High School Public 1125 18.1% -4%

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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