Whitney High School
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If this trend holds (+1.4%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~2,108 | +28 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~2,166 | +86 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~2,226 | +146 | $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 Placer County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.
Whitney High School's enrollment is tracking Placer County's baseline (+16.5% vs. +16.4%), and 94.7% stability is elite. The demographic tide is the headwind; you're holding your share.
111 of 2,089 students who enrolled at Whitney High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (5.3% 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 4.4 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 — Rocklin 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: 47.7%
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 Rocklin 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).
+11.6 pp above peer median (15.1%) · Ranked #2 of 9 similar schools
18.5%
53.3%
26.7%
Higher than 67% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
Whitney High School's UC Reach of 26.7% is above the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 76 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, Whitney High School's UC Reach is higher than 67% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
Whitney High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Rocklin · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, Whitney High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #2 of 9): 27% vs. a peer median of 15%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 13 points since 2018.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 16% (436→508 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -0%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+1.4%/yr); projects to ~2166 by 2029.
Enrollment projection
Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | Size | UC Reach | Enroll. trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney High School | Public | 2080 | 26.7% | +16% |
| Peer-group median | 15.1% | -0% | ||
| Rocklin High School | Public | 1861 | 20.3% | -9% |
| Woodcreek High School | Public | 1969 | 13.4% | -8% |
| Granite Bay High School | Public | 2064 | 39.1% | -2% |
| West Park High School | Public | 2386 | 21.1% | +93% |
| Twelve Bridges High School | Public | 1377 | 14.8% | +28% |
| John Adams Academy - Lincoln | Public | 1390 | — | +14% |
| Del Oro High School | Public | 1636 | 15.4% | -11% |
| John Adams Academy - Roseville | Public | 1630 | — | +11% |
| Antelope High School | Public | 1781 | 14.3% | +1% |
| Roseville High School | Public | 1458 | 13.3% | -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 →
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 | 4.01 | 15.5% | 12.9% | +2.6pp | On target |
| UCLA | 4.02 | 8.5% | 9.4% | -0.8pp | On target |
| UC San Diego | 3.98 | 21.4% | 20.4% | +1.0pp | On target |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.94 | 30.7% | 30.0% | +0.7pp | On target |
| UC Irvine | 3.98 | 16.0% | 25.7% | -9.7pp | Under |
| UC Davis | 3.98 | 40.6% | 32.7% | +7.9pp | Over |
Where Whitney High School sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (22.7% actual vs. 22.4% expected).
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 | 71 | 11 | 7 | 15.5% | 2.4% | 63.6% | 4.01 | 4.21 |
| UCLA → Elite | 82 | 7 | 5 | 8.5% | 1.6% | 71.4% | 4.02 | 4.21 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 98 | 21 | 3 | 21.4% | 4.7% | 14.3% | 3.98 | 4.24 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 88 | 27 | 7 | 30.7% | 6.0% | 25.9% | 3.94 | 4.24 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 94 | 15 | 5 | 16.0% | 3.3% | 33.3% | 3.98 | 4.22 |
| UC Davis → | 96 | 39 | 10 | 40.6% | 8.7% | 25.6% | 3.98 | 4.18 |