San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science Academy 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.

San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science Academy

San Martin · Santa Clara County · Morgan Hill Unified · Public

Public Santa Clara County Morgan Hill Unified → CDS 4369583…
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At a glance

Programs & features
  • Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools

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

How San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science Academy compares for families

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  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Paradise Valley Engineering Academy, Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School), Jackson Academy Of Music And Math (jamm) 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 San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science Academy has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
Each counselor juggles about 563 students — above the level experts recommend. Ask how junior-year college advising is handled.
563:1
1.0 FTE counselors · 563 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 226 more students per counselor · 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
16.6%
110 of 664 students

Absenteeism is up 5.0 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Santa Clara County median
18.9% · school is better than 58% of 102 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
621 (2018)563 (2026)
-9.3%

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) ~558 -5 $0
3 yr (2029) ~549 -14 $0
5 yr (2031) ~540 -23 $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 Santa Clara County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

92% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
92.3%
623 of 675 students

52 of 675 students who enrolled at San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (7.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Santa Clara County median
90.5% · school is in the 60th percentile of 104 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 72nd percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (536) 93.1%
Socio. disadvantaged (415) 90.6%
English learners (256) 91.0%
Students w/ disabilities (102) 89.2%
White (84) 89.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Paradise Valley Engineering Academy 89.9% Gilroy Prep (a Navigator School) 95.7% Jackson Academy Of Music And Math (jamm) 95.3% El Toro Health Science Academy 88.9% Voices College-Bound Language Academy At Morgan Hill 90.4%

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 — Morgan Hill 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
$120.2M
-1.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$14,583
8,245 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 28.0%
Local: 61.7%
Federal: 10.2%
Instruction share
58.0%
of current spending · $7,088/pupil
Long-term debt
$123.2M
-25.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Morgan Hill 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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