San Diego Workforce Innovation

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California College-Going Rate

24.4% 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

24.4%

of 480 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 26.5% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 127 students.

Up 3.3 points from the 2021-22 class (21.1%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 112 students (23.3%)

University of California 0.4% 2

California State University 0.2% 1

California Community College 21.5% 103

California private college 1.2% 6

Out of state — 5 students (1.0%)

Out-of-state 4-year 0.2% 1

Out-of-state 2-year 0.8% 4

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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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 4 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 = 552

26.8%

incl. 5.8% exceeded

-34.4 pts vs. San Diego County median (61.2%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 552

7.6%

incl. 2.5% exceeded

-17.0 pts vs. San Diego County median (24.6%) · 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

Hispanic / Latino 68% -4.2

White 20% +4.3

Black / African Am. 5%

Two or more 4%

Asian 1%

American Indian 1%

Not reported 1% -1.0

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 79% +1.0

English learners 23% +2.9

Students w/ disabilities 22% +1.0

Homeless 6%

Foster youth 0%

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.

59% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

59.4%

2,401 of 4,042 students

Absenteeism is up 32.5 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

San Diego County median

18.7% · school is worse than 91% of 120 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)

2,021 (2018) → 2,929 (2026)

+44.9%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

227 (2018) → 221 (2026)

-2.6%

If this trend holds (+3.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~3,026	+97	$0
3 yr (2029)	~3,230	+301	$0
5 yr (2031)	~3,447	+518	$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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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

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

46% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.

Mixed signal

Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating San Diego County (-2.6% vs. -6.9%), but 2355 of 4366 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 59.4% (up +32.5 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-2.6% senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)

-6.9% San Diego County baseline

+4.3pp gap vs. county

46.1% retention (county median 88.5%)

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

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

46.1%

2,011 of 4,366 students

2,355 of 4,366 students who enrolled at San Diego Workforce Innovation this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (53.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

San Diego County median

88.5% · school is in the 11th percentile of 124 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 14th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (3,344) 48.2%

Hispanic / Latino (2,980) 46.5%

Students w/ disabilities (990) 48.0%

English learners (936) 48.6%

White (772) 47.9%

Black / African Am. (298) 38.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Helix High School 95.0% Sweetwater High 87.2% Eastlake High School 93.4% Patrick Henry High School 93.6% Otay Ranch High School 91.1%

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 — Borrego Springs 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

$10.7M

-67.6% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$28,611

373 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 47.7%
Local: 37.5%
Federal: 14.8%

Instruction share

50.9%

of current spending · $10,294/pupil

Long-term debt

$9.6M

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 Borrego Springs 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).

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

6 applications

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · San Diego Co. Top 10% ≥ 243 · higher than 0% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 6 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 / 175 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.

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.

18 of 262 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · -49.0 pp vs. median · San Diego Co. 63.4%.

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

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

175

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

2,722

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.56

UC Outcomes Trend — 2023–2025

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 San Diego → Selective	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.56	—^†

† = 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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