Smythe Academy Of Arts And Sciences

· Sacramento County · Twin Rivers Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Smythe Academy Of Arts And Sciences.

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
1,109 (2018)1,085 (2026)
-2.2%

If this trend holds (-0.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~1,082 -3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~1,076 -9 $0
5 yr (2031) ~1,070 -15 $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 Sacramento County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
89.5%
1,035 of 1,157 students

122 of 1,157 students who enrolled at Smythe Academy Of Arts And Sciences this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (10.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Sacramento County median
81.7% · school is in the 78th percentile of 100 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 55th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (1,089) 89.0%
Hispanic / Latino (750) 90.1%
English learners (401) 87.0%
Students w/ disabilities (138) 93.5%
Asian (112) 92.0%
Black / African Am. (107) 85.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Natomas High School 79.7% El Camino Fundamental Hs 86.4% Encina High School 71.6% West Campus High School 97.8% California Innovative Career Academy 30.4%

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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
19.8%
225 of 1,134 students

Absenteeism is up 14.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Sacramento County median
25.8% · school is better than 70% of 99 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 — Twin Rivers 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
$536.8M
+15.0% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$21,914
24,497 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 61.8%
Local: 18.8%
Federal: 19.4%
Instruction share
56.3%
of current spending · $9,076/pupil
Long-term debt
$362.4M
0.0% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Twin Rivers 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).

Smythe Academy Of Arts And Sciences — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-0.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1076 by 2029 — about 9 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

1085 students (2026)
~1076 projected (2029)
at -0.3%/yr

That's about 9 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
Smythe Academy Of Arts And Sciences Public 1085
Peer-group median 14.3% -1%
Natomas High School Public 1094 10.0% +30%
El Camino Fundamental Hs Public 1171 14.3% -6%
Encina High School Public 879 2.9% +23%
West Campus High School Public 904 82.2% -1%
California Innovative Career Academy Public 800 +36%
Leroy Greene Academy Public 753 16.5% -4%
H. Allen Hight Elementary Public 779
Westlake Charter Public 1492 38.1% -17%
Community Collaborative Charter Public 810 -66%
Rio Linda Senior High School Public 1641 9.4% +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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