West Side Valley High (continuation)

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No UC admissions data on file for West Side Valley 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)
20 (2018)30 (2026)
+50.0%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
11 (2018)18 (2026)
+63.6%

If this trend holds (+5.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~32 +2 $0
3 yr (2029) ~35 +5 $0
5 yr (2031) ~39 +9 $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.

Mixed signal
Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Stanislaus County (+63.6% vs. +2.3%), but 51 of 64 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 75.0% (up +26.6 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+63.6%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
+2.3%  Stanislaus County baseline
+61.3pp  gap vs. county
20.3%  retention (county median 87.8%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
20.3%
13 of 64 students

51 of 64 students who enrolled at West Side Valley High (continuation) this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (79.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Stanislaus County median
87.8% · school is in the 0th percentile of 31 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 2nd percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (53) 20.8%
Socio. disadvantaged (50) 20.0%
English learners (23) 17.4%

Nearest peer high schools

Pioneer High (continuation) 26.3% Adelante High 49.1% Dickens (billy Joe) High (continuation) 19.1% Harvest High 23.1% Irwin High (continuation) 40.9%

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
75.0%
39 of 52 students

Absenteeism is up 26.6 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Stanislaus County median
22.2% · school is worse than 93% of 30 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
-49.7 pts vs. Stanislaus County median (49.7%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 16
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-19.9 pts vs. Stanislaus County median (19.9%) · 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 83% -3.1
Black / African Am. 10%
White 3% -5.8
Two or more 3% -1.2

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 50% -13.6

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 — Newman-Crows Landing 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
$51.6M
+18.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$16,056
3,213 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 64.5%
Local: 22.4%
Federal: 13.1%
Instruction share
51.8%
of current spending · $7,621/pupil
Long-term debt
$36.0M
+40.1% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Newman-Crows Landing 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).

West Side Valley High (continuation) — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 64% (11→18 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -36%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+5.2%/yr); projects to ~35 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

30 students (2026)
~35 projected (2029)
at +5.2%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
West Side Valley High (continuation) Public 30 +64%
Peer-group median -36%
Pioneer High (continuation) Public 25 +100%
Adelante High Public 33 -41%
Dickens (billy Joe) High (continuation) Public 17 -43%
Harvest High Public 25 -50%
Irwin High (continuation) Public 10 -60%
Del Puerto High Public 87 -34%
Open Valley Independent Study Public 92 -14%
San Luis High (continuation) Public 80 -33%
Whitmore Charter High School Public 98 -38%
Westside High Public 62 +25%

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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