Weed High School
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If this trend holds (+1.2%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~179 | +2 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~183 | +6 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~188 | +11 | $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 Siskiyou County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
On the surface Weed High School looks fine — enrollment is +21.2% vs. Siskiyou County +14.3%, and 84.3% of students stay through year-end. But <strong>chronic absenteeism is at 35.2%, up +12.5 pts since 2016-17 (county median 21.2%). Disengagement leads departure — families pull back from the day-to-day before they formally leave. The demand signal usually follows within 2–3 years.
31 of 198 students who enrolled at Weed High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (15.7% 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.
Absenteeism is up 12.5 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
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 — Siskiyou Union High (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: 46.9%
Federal: 15.8%
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 Siskiyou Union High 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).
+4.3 pp above peer median (10.3%) · Ranked #1 of 5 similar schools
18.5%
10.3%
53.3%
14.6%
Higher than 40% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Weed High School's UC Reach of 14.6% is below the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.
Overall, Weed High School's UC Reach is higher than 40% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
Weed High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Weed · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Weed High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 5): 15% vs. a peer median of 10%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 9 points since 2022.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 21% (33→40 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +16%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+1.2%/yr); projects to ~183 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weed High School | Public | 177 | 14.6% | +21% |
| Peer-group median | 10.3% | +16% | ||
| Golden Eagle Charter School | Public | 187 | 10.0% | +67% |
| Mount Shasta High School | Public | 261 | 6.3% | -12% |
| Etna Union High School | Public | 181 | 13.6% | -36% |
| Northern United - Siskiyou Charter | Public | 122 | — | -30% |
| California Heritage Youthbuild Academy Ii | Public | 156 | — | -55% |
| Pioneer Continuation High | Public | 202 | — | +13% |
| Tulelake High School | Public | 202 | 10.7% | +20% |
| Northern Summit Academy Shasta | Public | 209 | — | +48% |
| Fall River Junior-Senior Hs | Public | 218 | — | +27% |
| Redding Collegiate Academy | Public | 229 | — | +343% |
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 →
Admit rate vs. CA peer average, by campus ⓘ
How does this school's admit rate at each UC compare to other CA schools whose applicant pool averages the same GPA?
| Campus | Applicant GPA (avg) | Actual admit rate | CA peer avg | Δ | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley | 3.95 | 50.0% | 12.0% | +38.0pp | Over |
| UC Davis | 3.99 | 57.1% | 32.8% | +24.4pp | Over |
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 6 | 3 | — | 50.0% | 6.2% | — | 3.95 | — |
| UCLA → Elite | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.03 | — |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.04 | — |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.02 | — |
| UC Davis → | 7 | 4 | — | 57.1% | 8.3% | — | 3.99 | — |