Round Valley High School

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Public Mendocino County Round Valley Unified → ~22 seniors CDS 2365607…

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At a glance

Academic signals

AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
4-yr grad rate: 84% in 2019 (Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

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

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Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC Reach Score

Below the CA median below the state median

Top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2023 — counts each campus admit, so a student admitted to several UCs counts more than once (which is why a strong school can score over 100).

UC admits by campus · Class of 2023

UCD

3 admitted

Net $14,741/yr avg

Grads earn $80,838 @10yr

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California College-Going Rate

50% 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

50%

of 12 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 50% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 6 students.

Up 29.3 points from the 2021-22 class (20.7%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 6 students (50.0%)

University of California 8.3% 1

California State University 0.0% 0

California Community College 41.7% 5

California private college 0.0% 0

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 Round Valley High School compares for families

Mid-pack college outcomes within California.

▸ StatewideUC Reach Score of 14 — right around the California median of 17.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsRight at the peer median (UC Reach Score 14) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

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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 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

84%

Range: 80–89%

4-year cohort size

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

88.5%

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.

About 1 in 5 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 = 19

21.1%

incl. 0.0% exceeded

-14.3 pts vs. Mendocino County median (35.4%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 19

5.3%

incl. 0.0% exceeded

-8.2 pts vs. Mendocino County median (13.5%) · 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

American Indian 57% -4.5

Hispanic / Latino 32% +5.3

White 11%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 94% +26.9

Homeless 11%

English learners 10%

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.

51% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

50.8%

62 of 122 students

Absenteeism is up 12.8 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Mendocino County median

36.4% · school is worse than 70% of 10 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)

89 (2018) → 110 (2026)

+23.6%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

20 (2018) → 21 (2026)

+5.0%

If this trend holds (+1.1%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~111	+1	$0
3 yr (2029)	~114	+4	$0
5 yr (2031)	~116	+6	$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 Round Valley High School really compare on getting kids to college?

We've ranked it #2 of 3 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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Your similar-school group includes

Laytonville High School · Willits Charter · Salisbury High (continuation) · South Valley High (continuation) · Ukiah Independent Study Academy · Maxwell Sr High · +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 Mendocino County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

74% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Mixed signal

Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Mendocino County (+5.0% vs. +0.3%), but 34 of 130 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 50.8% (up +12.8 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+5.0% senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)

+0.3% Mendocino County baseline

+4.7pp gap vs. county

73.8% retention (county median 90.7%)

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

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

73.8%

96 of 130 students

34 of 130 students who enrolled at Round Valley High School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (26.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Mendocino County median

90.7% · school is in the 30th percentile of 10 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 24th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (116) 75.0%

American Indian / AN (77) 74.0%

Hispanic / Latino (42) 71.4%

English learners (30) 66.7%

Students w/ disabilities (26) 65.4%

Nearest peer high schools

Laytonville High School 91.3% Willits Charter 76.8% Salisbury High (continuation) 26.1% South Valley High (continuation) 57.8% Ukiah Independent Study Academy 51.1%

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 — Round Valley 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

$11.9M

+43.6% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$27,554

433 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 60.4%
Local: 16.2%
Federal: 23.4%

Instruction share

54.9%

of current spending · $11,362/pupil

Long-term debt

$8.2M

+343.2% 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 Round Valley 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).

Key takeaway · Class of 2023

Round Valley High School sent 6 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 50.0% were admitted, producing a UC Reach Score of 14 (top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors, counting a student at each campus that admitted them) — 3 points below the California median of 17, higher than 36% of California high schools..

UC Reach Score 14 ⓘ 3 admits (counted at each UC) / 22 seniors On the peer median (14) · #2 of 3 similar schools methodology

Where this sits on the California curve

CA median
17

Top 10%
46

This school
14

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CA median 17 Top 10% ≥ 46 This school 14

Higher than 36% of California high schools (1030 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

What this number means

Round Valley High School's UC Reach Score of 14 is below the California median (17). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 46 or higher.

Overall, Round Valley High School's UC Reach is higher than 36% of California high schools (1030 ranked).

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

6 applications

In context: CA median 75 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 224 · higher than 6% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

50.0%

3 / 6 applications

In context: CA median 25.2% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 38.9% · higher than 98% of CA HS.

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of 3 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 / 22 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 ⓘ

Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 110 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.

110:1

1.0 FTE counselors · 110 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 227 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Fewer than 1 in 10 graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.

2 of 33 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · -49.8 pp vs. median · Mendocino Co. 39.8%.

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

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

112

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.28

Campus Breakdown — 2023

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Davis →	6	3	—^†	50.0%	14	—	3.28	—^†

† = 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

Fewer than 15% of seniors are earning UC admission. This may reflect a high non-UC college-going rate, significant A-G completion gaps, or an early-stage UC pipeline. A deeper review of A-G readiness and counseling capacity is warranted.

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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At a glance

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Round Valley High School is a public high school in Covelo, Mendocino County, California with 22 seniors in the Class of 2023.

Its UC Reach Score is 14 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 3 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 22, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 36% of California high schools.

In 2023 its students filed 6 UC applications and received 3 offers, a UC admit rate of 50.0% (counted at each campus).

6% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

50% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).

It has about 110 students per school counselor.

Enrollment was 110 students in 2026, up 24% 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.

Questions families ask

What is Round Valley High School's UC Reach Score? Round Valley High School's UC Reach Score is 14 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 3 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 22, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 36% of California high schools.

How many students from Round Valley High School got into a UC? In 2023 its students filed 6 UC applications and received 3 offers, a UC admit rate of 50.0% (counted at each campus).

What percentage of Round Valley High School graduates complete the A-G requirements? 6% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

What percentage of Round Valley High School graduates go to college? 50% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).

How many students attend Round Valley High School? Enrollment was 110 students in 2026, up 24% since 2018.

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

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