William & Marian Ghidotti High

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No UC admissions data on file for William & Marian Ghidotti 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 (9–12)
162 (2018)167 (2026)
+3.1%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
32 (2018)36 (2026)
+12.5%

If this trend holds (+0.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~168 +1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~169 +2 $0
5 yr (2031) ~170 +3 $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 Nevada County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Healthy
Best in class — winning on demand and retention.

William & Marian Ghidotti High outperformed Nevada County on enrollment (school +12.5% vs. county -40.8%) AND maintains 95.6% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

+12.5%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-40.8%  Nevada County baseline
+53.3pp  gap vs. county
95.6%  retention (county median 81.9%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
95.6%
152 of 159 students

7 of 159 students who enrolled at William & Marian Ghidotti High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (4.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Nevada County median
81.9% · school is in the 100th percentile of 8 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 92nd percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

White (121) 94.2%
Socio. disadvantaged (39) 94.9%
Hispanic / Latino (20) 100.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Sierra Academy Of Expeditionary Learning 86.3% Bitney Prep High 77.5% Silver Springs High (continuation) 34.9% Forest Charter School 74.8% Foresthill High School 88.1%

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
11.5%
18 of 157 students

Absenteeism is down 3.9 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Nevada County median
22.0% · school is better than 100% of 7 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 = 36
100.0%
incl. 88.9% exceeded
★ Top 10% CA
+48.7 pts above Nevada County median (51.3%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 36
88.9%
incl. 69.4% exceeded
★ Top 10% CA
+68.9 pts above Nevada County median (20.0%) · 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

White 74%
Hispanic / Latino 12% -1.0
Two or more 10% +1.8
Asian 3%
Black / African Am. 1%
Filipino 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 23% +15.6

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 — Nevada Joint 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.

Total revenue
$51.0M
+5.0% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$20,472
2,492 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 25.5%
Local: 67.7%
Federal: 6.8%
Instruction share
51.2%
of current spending · $9,129/pupil
Long-term debt
$51.4M
+101.0% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Nevada Joint 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).

William & Marian Ghidotti High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is up 12% (32→36 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -6%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+0.4%/yr); projects to ~169 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

167 students (2026)
~169 projected (2029)
at +0.4%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
William & Marian Ghidotti High Public 167 +12%
Peer-group median 6.0% -6%
Sierra Academy Of Expeditionary Learning Public 176 +26%
Bitney Prep High Public 93 +35%
Silver Springs High (continuation) Public 94 -29%
Forest Charter School Public 284 5.0% -9%
Foresthill High School Public 204 7.1% +5%
John Muir Charter Public 543 -90%
Core Charter School Public 206 -12%
Aerostem Academy Public 141 -14%
South Lindhurst Continuation High Public 232 +51%
Albert Powell Continuation Public 139 -3%

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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