Whitmore Charter School Of Art & Technology

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No UC admissions data on file for Whitmore Charter School Of Art & Technology.

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
426 (2018)455 (2026)
+6.8%

If this trend holds (+0.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~459 +4 $0
3 yr (2029) ~466 +11 $0
5 yr (2031) ~474 +19 $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
92.1%
421 of 457 students

36 of 457 students who enrolled at Whitmore Charter School Of Art & Technology this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (7.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Stanislaus County median
89.4% · school is in the 78th percentile of 55 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 71st percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (266) 89.1%
Hispanic / Latino (248) 90.3%
White (122) 95.1%
Students w/ disabilities (67) 97.0%
English learners (67) 76.1%
Asian (64) 90.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Aspire University Charter 92.4% Blaker-Kinser Junior High 88.0% Aspire Summit Charter Academy 83.1% Mae Hensley Junior High 89.2% Keyes To Learning Charter 88.4%

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
7.1%
32 of 452 students

Absenteeism is up 3.7 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 better than 84% 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 — Ceres 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
$241.4M
+23.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$16,938
14,251 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 72.7%
Local: 13.9%
Federal: 13.4%
Instruction share
49.8%
of current spending · $7,864/pupil
Long-term debt
$107.6M
-3.5% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Ceres 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).

Whitmore Charter School Of Art & Technology — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.8%/yr); projects to ~466 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

455 students (2026)
~466 projected (2029)
at +0.8%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Whitmore Charter School Of Art & Technology Public 455
Peer-group median -15%
Aspire University Charter Public 428
Blaker-Kinser Junior High Public 583
Aspire Summit Charter Academy Public 354
Mae Hensley Junior High Public 603
Keyes To Learning Charter Public 343 -15%
Cesar Chavez Junior High Public 683
Stanislaus Alternative Charter Public 565 -69%
Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy Public 654 +191%
Denair Elementary Charter Academy Public 571
Mark Twain Junior High Public 672

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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