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Mendocino Sunrise High

Mendocino · Mendocino County · Mendocino Unified · Public

Public Mendocino County Mendocino Unified → CDS 2365581…

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Academic signals

AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

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California College-Going Rate

College-going rate: —

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.

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CDE masks small groups. It suppresses every figure for a school whose graduating class is 10 students or fewer, so no rate is published for Mendocino Sunrise High’s 2022-23 class. The figure exists — it is withheld, not missing.

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.

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

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.

Student composition — 2023-24

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment.

Race / ethnicity

White 75%

American Indian 25%

Program subgroups

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2023-24 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2021-22

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.

100% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~31%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

100.0%

11 of 11 students

Absenteeism is up 11.1 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Mendocino County median

45.1% · school is worse than 100% of 10 HS

Statewide median

31.4%

Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2021-22. 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)

11 (2018) → 4 (2024)

-63.6%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

5 (2018) → 4 (2024)

-20.0%

How does Mendocino Sunrise High really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

South Coast Continuation · Casterlin High · Mattole Triple Junction High School · Noyo High (continuation) · Buena Vista High · Palisades High (continuation) · +4 more

Enrollment stability & demand — 2023-24

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

60% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Critical

Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -20.0% vs. county -3.8% AND stability (60.0%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 100.0% (up +11.1 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-20.0% senior class, grade 12 (2018–2024)

-3.8% Mendocino County baseline

-16.2pp gap vs. county

60.0% retention (county median 87.1%)

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

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

60.0%

3 of 5 students

2 of 5 students who enrolled at Mendocino Sunrise High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (40.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Mendocino County median

87.1% · school is in the 10th percentile of 10 HS

Statewide median

86.6% · in the 21st percentile of 1,750 HS

Nearest peer high schools

South Coast Continuation 41.7% Casterlin High 60.0% Mattole Triple Junction High School 66.7% Noyo High (continuation) 48.6% Buena Vista High 50.0%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2023-24. 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 — Mendocino 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

$13.9M

+10.8% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$29,230

477 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 22.4%
Local: 71.6%
Federal: 6.0%

Instruction share

50.6%

of current spending · $10,333/pupil

Long-term debt

$31.3M

+90.2% 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 Mendocino 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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At a glance

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Mendocino Sunrise High is a public high school in Mendocino, Mendocino County, California.

Enrollment was 4 students in 2024, down 64% since 2018.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

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How many students attend Mendocino Sunrise High? Enrollment was 4 students in 2024, down 64% since 2018.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.