South Coast Continuation
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Mendocino Sunrise High → Buena Vista High → Palisades High (continuation) → El Molino High School → Whale Gulch High → Compare all similar →No UC admissions data on file for South Coast Continuation.
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
If this trend holds (-9.4%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~5 | +0 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~4 | -1 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~3 | -2 | $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 Mendocino County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Enrollment -16.7% vs. county +3.2% AND stability (54.5%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 90.9% (up -0.8 pts from 2017-18) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.
5 of 11 students who enrolled at South Coast Continuation this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (45.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
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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.
Roughly one in three students is chronically absent. A floor this high signals systemic engagement problems beyond what any single intervention can fix.
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
Program subgroups
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.
South Coast Continuation — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 17% (6→5 from 2019 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -20%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-9.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~4 by 2029 — about 1 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Coast Continuation | Public | 5 | — | -17% |
| Peer-group median | — | -20% | ||
| Mendocino Sunrise High | Public | 4 | — | -20% |
| Buena Vista High | Public | 6 | — | +100% |
| Palisades High (continuation) | Public | 6 | — | +50% |
| El Molino High School | Public | 7 | — | +100% |
| Whale Gulch High | Public | 7 | — | -50% |
| Pacific Community Charter | Public | 57 | — | -75% |
| Round Valley Continuation | Public | 12 | — | -50% |
| Leggett Valley High | Public | 13 | — | +50% |
| Loconoma Valley High | Public | 14 | — | -20% |
| Clover Valley High (continuation) | Public | 16 | — | -29% |
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 →