Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High is a 6-8 school.

It serves grades 6-8 (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.

Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High

Arbuckle · Colusa County · Pierce Joint Unified · Public

Public Colusa County Pierce Joint Unified → CDS 0661614…
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#1 Math proficiency in Colusa

At a glance

Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

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

How Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High compares for families

What families should know about Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High.

  • Locally🧮 #1 in Colusa County on Math proficiency.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Science & Technology Academy At Knights Landing, Twin Rivers Charter, Paragon Collegiate Academy 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.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
About 328 students per counselor — typical for California, though well above the 250 experts recommend.
328:1
1.0 FTE counselors · 328 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · ASCA target 250:1.

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.

17% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 21%.
Chronic absent
17.1%
56 of 328 students

Absenteeism is up 8.8 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Colusa County median
14.1% · school is worse than 60% of 5 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
361 (2018)328 (2026)
-9.1%

If this trend holds (-1.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~322 -6 $0
3 yr (2029) ~309 -19 $0
5 yr (2031) ~297 -31 $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

Science & Technology Academy At Knights Landing · Twin Rivers Charter · Paragon Collegiate Academy · Whited Elementary Charter · Newcastle Charter · Rio Tierra Junior High · +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 Colusa County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Families don't leave: 97% of students who start the year finish it here — top-tier retention statewide.
Stability rate
96.7%
318 of 329 students

11 of 329 students who enrolled at Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (3.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Colusa County median
93.9% · school is in the 100th percentile of 5 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 94th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (268) 97.0%
Socio. disadvantaged (225) 96.4%
English learners (63) 90.5%
White (52) 98.1%
Students w/ disabilities (41) 95.1%

Nearest peer high schools

Science & Technology Academy At Knights Landing 94.9% Twin Rivers Charter 96.8% Paragon Collegiate Academy 80.9% Whited Elementary Charter 91.6% Newcastle Charter 96.5%

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.

District financial profile — Pierce Joint 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.

Total revenue
$25.6M
+36.8% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$17,756
1,443 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 55.6%
Local: 32.0%
Federal: 12.4%
Instruction share
58.9%
of current spending · $7,479/pupil
Long-term debt
$15.6M
-9.2% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Pierce Joint 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).

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