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Unity Middle College High

· Orange County · Orange County Department of Education · Public

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  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Creekside High School, Richland Continuation High, El Camino Real Continuation High and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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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.

ELA — met or exceeded
n = 11
9.1%
incl. 9.1% exceeded
-54.6 pts vs. Orange County median (63.7%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 11
18.2%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-18.9 pts vs. Orange County median (37.1%) · CA median 21.1% · 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 — 2024-25

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 75% -4.6
White 16% +3.1
Asian 5% +1.7
American Indian 2%
Not reported 2%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 19%

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2024-25 (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.

Chronic absent
14.3%
8 of 56 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

Orange County median
17.9% · school is better than 70% of 94 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
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 (9–12)
44 (2018)57 (2025)
+29.5%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
24 (2020)14 (2025)
-41.7%

If this trend holds (-0.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~57 +0 $0
3 yr (2028) ~56 -1 $0
5 yr (2030) ~55 -2 $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.

Unity Middle College High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 42% (24→14 from 2020 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of -9%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+3.8%/yr); projects to ~64 by 2028.

Enrollment projection

57 students (2025)
~64 projected (2028)
at +3.8%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Unity Middle College High Public 57 -42%
Peer-group median -9%
Creekside High School Public 73 -25%
Richland Continuation High Public 143 -45%
El Camino Real Continuation High Public 129 -11%
Hillview High (continuation) Public 137 -8%
Reach Academy Public 20 +200%
College And Career Preparatory Academy Public 170 -18%
Coast High School Public 201 +89%
Orange County Workforce Innovation High Public 227 +12%
Marie L. Hare High Public 222 +4%
Vista Meridian Global Academy Public 247 -16%

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

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

Critical
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -41.7% vs. county -0.4% AND stability (70.0%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem.

-41.7%  school enrollment (2020–2025)
-0.4%  Orange County baseline
-41.3pp  gap vs. county
70.0%  retention (county median 91.8%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2020
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
70.0%
49 of 70 students

21 of 70 students who enrolled at Unity Middle College High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (30.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Orange County median
91.8% · school is in the 19th percentile of 94 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 23rd percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (53) 67.9%
Socio. disadvantaged (47) 68.1%
Students w/ disabilities (22) 54.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Creekside High School 30.6% Richland Continuation High 32.0% El Camino Real Continuation High 29.9% Hillview High (continuation) 50.5% Reach Academy 11.3%

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 — Orange County Department of Education (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
$387.5M
+24.1% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$139,729
2,773 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 22.4%
Local: 57.3%
Federal: 20.3%
Instruction share
30.6%
of current spending · $23,283/pupil
Long-term debt
$9.9M
-23.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Orange County Department of Education 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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