Great Valley Academy - Salida is a K-8 school.

It serves grades K-8 (California Department of Education school directory), so it has no graduating class and there is nothing to measure for UC admissions. Its enrollment, student body and state test results are below.

Great Valley Academy - Salida

Modesto · Stanislaus County · Salida Union Elementary · Public

Public Stanislaus County Salida Union Elementary → CDS 5071266…
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How Great Valley Academy - Salida compares for families

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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.

18% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 21%.
Chronic absent
17.5%
164 of 936 students

Absenteeism is up 7.6 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 62% 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).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
832 (2018)916 (2026)
+10.1%

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) ~923 +7 $0
3 yr (2029) ~938 +22 $0
5 yr (2031) ~952 +36 $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.

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Your similar-school group includes

Great Valley Academy · Prescott Junior High · Roosevelt Junior High · La Loma Junior High · Mark Twain Junior High · Riverbank Language Academy · +4 more

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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.

94% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
94.0%
899 of 956 students

57 of 956 students who enrolled at Great Valley Academy - Salida this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (6.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Stanislaus County median
89.4% · school is in the 91st percentile of 55 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 81st percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (546) 94.9%
Socio. disadvantaged (366) 90.7%
White (264) 93.6%
Students w/ disabilities (145) 94.5%
English learners (97) 90.7%
Two or more races (52) 88.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Great Valley Academy 91.2% Prescott Junior High 91.3% Roosevelt Junior High 85.5% La Loma Junior High 83.4% Mark Twain Junior High 100.0%

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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