Sutter Peak Charter Academy
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Sutter High School → Marysville High School → Live Oak High School → Gridley High School → River Valley High School → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+7.9%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~867 | +63 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~1,010 | +206 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~1,175 | +371 | $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 Sutter County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Sutter Peak Charter Academy is recruiting families faster than Sutter County is shrinking (school +115.4% vs. county -1.2%), but 21 students didn't make it to year-end. The recruitment engine works; the mid-year exits are worth understanding.
21 of 168 students who enrolled at Sutter Peak Charter Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (12.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
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.
Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.
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.
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
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.
Sutter Peak Charter Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Live Oak · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 115% (13→28 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +10%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+7.9%/yr); projects to ~1010 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter Peak Charter Academy | Public | 804 | — | +115% |
| Peer-group median | 6.4% | +10% | ||
| Sutter High School | Public | 733 | 4.4% | -13% |
| Marysville High School | Public | 972 | 5.8% | +26% |
| Live Oak High School | Public | 598 | 32.9% | +20% |
| Gridley High School | Public | 685 | 2.8% | +36% |
| River Valley High School | Public | 1705 | 11.0% | -8% |
| Yuba City High School | Public | 1605 | 11.6% | +5% |
| Lindhurst High School | Public | 1296 | 7.1% | +14% |
| Oroville High School | Public | 830 | 5.0% | -6% |
| Wheatland Union High | Public | 1185 | — | +90% |
| Yuba City Charter | Public | 246 | — | -44% |
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 →
Campus Breakdown — 2024
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UCLA → Elite | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UC San Diego → Selective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UC Irvine → Selective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UC Davis → | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |