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South Coast Continuation

Point Arena · Mendocino County · Point Arena Joint Union High · Public

Public Mendocino County Point Arena Joint Union High → CDS 2365599…

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At a glance

Academic signals

AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
4-yr grad rate: 75% in 2019 (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

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

How South Coast Continuation compares for families

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▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Mendocino Sunrise High, Buena Vista High, Palisades High (continuation) and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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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 South Coast Continuation’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

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 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

75%

Range: 50–100%

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.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not South Coast Continuation has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio ⓘ

Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 33 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.

33:1

0.15 FTE counselors · 5 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 304 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

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 100% +66.7

Program subgroups

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.

91% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

90.9%

10 of 11 students

Roughly one in three students is chronically absent. A floor this high signals systemic engagement problems beyond what any single intervention can fix.

Mendocino County median

36.4% · school is worse than 100% 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)

10 (2019) → 5 (2026)

-50.0%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

6 (2019) → 5 (2026)

-16.7%

How does South Coast Continuation really compare on getting kids to college?

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Your similar-school group includes

Mendocino Sunrise High · Buena Vista High · Palisades High (continuation) · El Molino High School · Whale Gulch High · Pacific Community Charter · +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.

54% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.

Critical

Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -16.7% vs. county +3.2% AND stability (54.5%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 90.9% (up -0.8 pts from 2017-18) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-16.7% senior class, grade 12 (2019–2026)

+3.2% Mendocino County baseline

-19.9pp gap vs. county

54.5% retention (county median 90.7%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2019

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

54.5%

6 of 11 students

5 of 11 students who enrolled at South Coast Continuation this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (45.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Mendocino County median

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

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 19th percentile of 1,734 HS

Nearest peer high schools

Buena Vista High 41.7% Palisades High (continuation) 62.5% Whale Gulch High 57.1%

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.

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