Encina High School

Sacramento · Sacramento County · Public

Public Sacramento County ~190 seniors CDS 3467447…

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At a glance

Programs & features

7 AP courses offered — Strong
Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
1 calculus classes · 4 physics

Academic signals

AP rigor: 59th percentile nationally
4-yr grad rate: 67% in 2019 (Bottom 13% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

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

California College-Going Rate

59.2% of the 2022-23 graduating class enrolled in college within a year.

The share of 2022-23 graduates who enrolled at a college anywhere in the U.S. within 12 months, per the National Student Clearinghouse match the California Department of Education publishes.

Within 12 months

59.2%

of 120 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 67.5% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 81 students.

Up 10.3 points from the 2021-22 class (48.9%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 71 students (59.2%)

University of California 1.7% 2

California State University 13.3% 16

California Community College 41.7% 50

California private college 2.5% 3

Out of state — 0 students (0.0%)

Out-of-state 4-year 0.0% 0

Out-of-state 2-year 0.0% 0

CDE puts each graduate in one bucket only — whichever kind of college they were enrolled in longest — so these add up to the rate above. That is a different count from the UC Reach Score on this page, which counts a student at every UC campus that admitted them.

Source: California Department of Education, College-Going Rate (DataQuest) ↗, cohort 2022-23, posted 17-Sep-2025. Data file: cgr12mo23.txt ↗ (and the 16-month file ↗). CDE builds the rate by matching California high school completers to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment records; we publish CDE’s aggregates and hold no student-level data.

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How Encina High School compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 59th percentile nationally with 7 AP courses.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: California Innovative Career Academy, West Campus High School, Community Collaborative Charter and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses

59th percentile nationally

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AP courses offered

Math ✓

Students taking AP courses

103

≈13 per 100 students · uptake, not just offerings

Advanced math classes

1 calculus · 1 advanced

Lab science classes

4 physics · 0 chemistry

Other rigor signals

Dual-enrollment program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

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.

4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 13% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

67%

Range: 65–69%

4-year cohort size

152

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

87.7%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

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.

Fewer than 1 in 10 students read and write at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

Fewer than 1 in 10 students do math at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 146

6.8%

incl. 1.4% exceeded

-39.6 pts vs. Sacramento County median (46.5%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 179

1.1%

incl. 0.0% exceeded

-16.6 pts vs. Sacramento County median (17.7%) · CA median 21.4% · 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

Asian 36% +9.8

Hispanic / Latino 26% -5.0

White 18%

Black / African Am. 13% -3.8

Two or more 4%

Pacific Islander 2%

Filipino 1%

American Indian 0%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 96% +16.6

English learners 58% +8.6

Students w/ disabilities 12% -1.5

Homeless 11% +6.1

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.

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.

34% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

33.9%

298 of 878 students

Absenteeism is down 6.0 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Sacramento County median

25.8% · school is worse than 64% of 76 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

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 (9–12)

1,003 (2018) → 879 (2026)

-12.4%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

167 (2018) → 205 (2026)

+22.8%

If this trend holds (-4.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~837	-42	$0
3 yr (2029)	~758	-121	$0
5 yr (2031)	~686	-193	$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.

How does Encina High School really compare on getting kids to college?

We've ranked it #7 of 7 most similar nearby schools on UC Reach. Unlock the full snapshot to see the head-to-head — who's ahead, by how much, and where it's heading.

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Enrollment trend + 3-year projection — is this school growing or quietly shrinking?

The plain-English read on what it all means for your family.

Your similar-school group includes

California Innovative Career Academy · West Campus High School · Community Collaborative Charter · El Camino Fundamental High School · Highlands High School · Options For Youth San Juan · +4 more

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Sacramento County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

72% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Mixed signal

Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Sacramento County (+22.8% vs. +3.3%), but 264 of 930 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 33.9% (up -6.0 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+22.8% senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)

+3.3% Sacramento County baseline

+19.5pp gap vs. county

71.6% retention (county median 81.2%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2018

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

71.6%

666 of 930 students

264 of 930 students who enrolled at Encina High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (28.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Sacramento County median

81.2% · school is in the 33rd percentile of 78 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 23rd percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (881) 72.2%

English learners (549) 72.3%

Asian (313) 71.9%

Hispanic / Latino (236) 72.9%

White (176) 74.4%

Black / African Am. (132) 67.4%

Nearest peer high schools

California Innovative Career Academy 30.4% West Campus High School 97.8% Community Collaborative Charter 51.9% El Camino Fundamental High School 86.4% Highlands High School 78.4%

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.

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

26 applications

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · Sacramento Co. Top 10% ≥ 164 · higher than 1% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 26 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of — admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 190 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

Student-Counselor Ratio ⓘ

About 283 students per counselor — typical for California, though well above the 250 experts recommend.

283:1

3.11 FTE counselors · 879 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 54 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Only 1 in 4 graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.

23%

28 of 122 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · -32.9 pp vs. median · Sacramento Co. 51.2%.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

190

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

766

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.73

UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA

Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.

Who's actually getting into UC from Encina High School

Campus	4.00+ GPA	3.70–3.99 GPA	3.30–3.69 GPA	< 3.30 GPA
UC Davis	Strong shot	Strong shot	Real shot	Filtered out

Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus	Applicant GPA	Admit GPA	Lift ⓘ	Admit rate	vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC Davis (2024)	3.67	4.02	+0.34	31.2%	Peers +0.35 · matches

Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)

GPA band	UCB	UCLA	UCSD	UCSB	UCI	UCD
4.00+	17.0%	15.1%	45.2%	62.3%	46.3%	65.9%
3.70–3.99	3.1%	1.6%	9.3%	17.6%	17.0%	31.1%
3.30–3.69	0.8%	0.5%	1.5%	2.8%	2.4%	10.3%
3.00–3.29	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	1.9%
< 3.00	0.7%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.7%

How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.93	—^†
UCLA → Elite	7	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.69	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	5	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.66	—^†
UC Davis →	9	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.70	—^†

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A relatively small share of the senior class is entering the UC application pipeline. This may signal limited A-G completion, UC awareness gaps, or counseling capacity constraints. Broadening access is the highest-leverage opportunity for this school.

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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