Sunrise High (continuation)

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No UC admissions data on file for Sunrise High (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

Total enrollment (9–12)
25 (2018)32 (2026)
+28.0%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
16 (2018)22 (2026)
+37.5%

If this trend holds (+3.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~33 +1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~35 +3 $0
5 yr (2031) ~37 +5 $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 Kings County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Mixed signal
Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Kings County (+37.5% vs. +14.5%), but 38 of 42 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 57.9% (up +4.1 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+37.5%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+14.5%  Kings County baseline
+23.0pp  gap vs. county
9.5%  retention (county median 87.2%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
9.5%
4 of 42 students

38 of 42 students who enrolled at Sunrise High (continuation) this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (90.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Kings County median
87.2% · school is in the 0th percentile of 9 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 1st percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (42) 9.5%
Socio. disadvantaged (42) 9.5%
English learners (27) 7.4%

Nearest peer high schools

Chesnut High (continuation) 39.0% Tulare Technical Preparatory High 25.0% Paloma Creek High 55.6% Elm High 15.3% Shandon High School 86.4%

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
57.9%
22 of 38 students

Absenteeism is up 4.1 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Kings County median
18.1% · school is worse than 89% of 9 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 = 17
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-57.6 pts vs. Kings County median (57.6%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 17
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-14.6 pts vs. Kings County median (14.6%) · 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

Hispanic / Latino 100% +5.0

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 66%

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 — Reef-Sunset 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
$46.2M
-0.6% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$16,918
2,728 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 75.9%
Local: 8.4%
Federal: 15.6%
Instruction share
48.0%
of current spending · $6,662/pupil
Long-term debt
$31.3M
+21.1% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Reef-Sunset 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).

Sunrise High (continuation) — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 38% (16→22 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -7%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+3.1%/yr); projects to ~35 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

32 students (2026)
~35 projected (2029)
at +3.1%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Sunrise High (continuation) Public 32 +38%
Peer-group median -7%
Chesnut High (continuation) Public 43 +29%
Tulare Technical Preparatory High Public 32 -64%
Paloma Creek High Public 45 -33%
Elm High Public 47 -60%
Shandon High School Public 73 +10%
Earl F. Johnson High (continuation) Public 56 -38%
Enterprise High Public 52 -25%
Jamison (donald C.) High (continuation) Public 82 +19%
Easton Continuation High Public 18 +75%
Oasis Continuation High Public 58 +62%

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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