Turlock Junior High

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No UC admissions data on file for Turlock Junior High.

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
1,391 (2018)1,273 (2026)
-8.5%

If this trend holds (-1.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~1,259 -14 $0
3 yr (2029) ~1,231 -42 $0
5 yr (2031) ~1,204 -69 $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 Stanislaus County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
87.8%
1,211 of 1,380 students

169 of 1,380 students who enrolled at Turlock Junior High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (12.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Stanislaus County median
89.4% · school is in the 40th percentile of 55 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 46th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (1,024) 85.8%
Hispanic / Latino (726) 86.5%
White (423) 89.1%
English learners (357) 84.6%
Students w/ disabilities (211) 89.6%
Asian (120) 97.5%

Nearest peer high schools

John H Pitman High School 89.8% Ceres High School 88.1% Osborn Two-Way Immersion Academy 96.9% Hughson High School 91.9% Livingston High School 91.0%

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
25.0%
339 of 1,357 students

Absenteeism is up 9.6 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Stanislaus County median
18.7% · school is worse than 71% of 55 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 — Turlock 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
$213.9M
+12.0% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$15,518
13,782 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 62.8%
Local: 27.0%
Federal: 10.1%
Instruction share
62.6%
of current spending · $8,730/pupil
Long-term debt
$109.5M
+69.9% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Turlock 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).

Turlock Junior High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-1.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1231 by 2029 — about 42 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

1273 students (2026)
~1231 projected (2029)
at -1.1%/yr

That's about 42 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
Turlock Junior High Public 1273
Peer-group median 11.9% +2%
John H Pitman High School Public 1968 15.5% +2%
Ceres High School Public 1580 14.0% -5%
Osborn Two-Way Immersion Academy Public 833
Hughson High School Public 902 12.2% +55%
Livingston High School Public 1154 9.8% +1%
Turlock High School Public 2497 10.2% +8%
Peter Johansen High Public 1938 +20%
Fred C Beyer High School Public 1650 11.6% +2%
Great Valley Academy Public 1010
Cesar Chavez Junior High Public 683

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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