Templeton Independent Study Hs
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Independence High → Liberty High (continuation) → Atascadero Choices In Education Academy (ace) → Paloma Creek High → Shandon High School → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (+6.9%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~106 | +7 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~121 | +22 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~138 | +39 | $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 San Luis Obispo County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Enrollment growth is beating San Luis Obispo County (+65.0% vs. -1.4%), but 39 of 126 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 34.4% (up -10.8 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.
39 of 126 students who enrolled at Templeton Independent Study Hs this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (31.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
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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.
Absenteeism is down 10.8 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.
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.
District financial profile — Templeton 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.
Local: 53.2%
Federal: 6.6%
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 Templeton 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).
Templeton Independent Study Hs — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Templeton · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 65% (20→33 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -11%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+6.9%/yr); projects to ~121 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templeton Independent Study Hs | Public | 99 | — | +65% |
| Peer-group median | 12.1% | -11% | ||
| Independence High | Public | 125 | — | +47% |
| Liberty High (continuation) | Public | 171 | — | +82% |
| Atascadero Choices In Education Academy (ace) | Public | 166 | — | +115% |
| Paloma Creek High | Public | 45 | — | -33% |
| Shandon High School | Public | 73 | — | +10% |
| Coast Union High School | Public | 160 | 12.1% | -32% |
| Pacific Beach High | Public | 59 | — | -15% |
| Grizzly Challenge Charter | Public | 249 | — | -28% |
| Lopez Continuation High | Public | 86 | — | -18% |
| Wasco Independence High | Public | 108 | — | -8% |
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 Davis → | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |