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Bell Hill Academy

· Nevada County · Grass Valley Elementary · Public

Public Nevada County 🏛 Grass Valley Elementary → CDS 2966332…
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🧮Top 10% Math proficiency in CA

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Bell Hill Academy compares for families

What families should know about Bell Hill Academy.

  • Locally🧮 Top 10% in California on Math proficiency.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Twin Ridges Home Study Charter, Yuba River Charter, Forest Charter School and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

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
20.0%
52 of 260 students

Absenteeism is up 9.6 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Nevada County median
17.2% · school is worse than 58% of 12 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).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
221 (2018)244 (2026)
+10.4%

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) ~247 +3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~254 +10 $0
5 yr (2031) ~262 +18 $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.

Bell Hill Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+1.2%/yr); projects to ~253 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

244 students (2026)
~253 projected (2029)
at +1.2%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Score Enroll. trend
Bell Hill Academy Public 244
Peer-group median 5 +2%
Twin Ridges Home Study Charter Public 273
Yuba River Charter Public 326
Forest Charter School Public 284 5 -9%
William & Marian Ghidotti High Public 167 +12%
Sierra Academy Of Expeditionary Learning Public 176 +26%
Yuba Environmental Science Charter Academy Public 205
John Muir Charter Public 543 -90%
Grass Valley Charter Public 556
William and Marian Ghidotti Hs Public
Nevada City School Of The Arts Public 486

UC Reach Score = 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 →

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.

Stability rate
88.7%
235 of 265 students

30 of 265 students who enrolled at Bell Hill Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (11.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Nevada County median
88.3% · school is in the 62nd percentile of 13 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 51st percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (167) 83.2%
White (126) 88.1%
Hispanic / Latino (123) 89.4%
English learners (38) 78.9%
Students w/ disabilities (30) 100.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Twin Ridges Home Study Charter 72.8% Yuba River Charter 94.3% Forest Charter School 74.8% William & Marian Ghidotti High 95.6% Sierra Academy Of Expeditionary Learning 86.3%

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.

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