California Department of Education | California Department of Education
California Department of Education | California Department of Education
Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.7% identified as male, and 48.3% as female.
Data also showed that Hispanic or Latino students made up 79.7% of the student body, the largest percentage in the county, followed by white students at 15.8% (766 students), American Indian or Alaska Native students at 1.4% (69 students) and multiracial students at 1.2% (58 students).
Williams Junior/Senior High School had the highest enrollment among Colusa County's 155 schools in the 2023-24 academic year, welcoming 626 students.
After peaking at 6.3 million in the early 2000s, public school enrollment in California has marked its seventh consecutive decline in the 2023-24 school year, with projections indicating it could fall to approximately 5.2 million by the 2033-34 school year. This trend is attributed to lower birth rates, slowed immigration, and families relocating out of state due to high housing costs. Rural and coastal districts have been particularly affected, facing tough decisions such as school closures and staffing reductions.
Although chronic absenteeism in California decreased in 2023, it remains double the pre-pandemic rate. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, chronic absenteeism in the state public schools reached 25% in 2023, up from 12% in 2019.
| School name | Total Enrollment in 2022-23 | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Junior/Senior High School | 634 | 626 | -1.3% |
| Arbuckle Elementary School | 596 | 602 | 1% |
| George T. Egling Middle School | 537 | 509 | -5.2% |
| Pierce High School | 511 | 503 | -1.6% |
| Colusa High School | 470 | 459 | -2.3% |
| James M. Burchfield Primary School | 454 | 446 | -1.8% |
| Williams Primary Elementary School | 413 | 435 | 5.3% |
| Lloyd G. Johnson Junior High School | 315 | 336 | 6.7% |
| Williams Upper Elementary School | 284 | 290 | 2.1% |
| Maxwell Elementary School | 143 | 139 | -2.8% |
| Maxwell Senior High School | 114 | 116 | 1.8% |
| Maxwell Middle School | 83 | 95 | 14.5% |
| Princeton Elementary School | 69 | 71 | 2.9% |
| Princeton Junior-Senior High School | 62 | 46 | -25.8% |
| Grand Island Elementary School | 51 | 45 | -11.8% |
| Indian Valley Intermediate School | 27 | 26 | -3.7% |
| Colusa Alternative High (Continuation) | 24 | 25 | 4.2% |
| Colusa Alternative Home | 48 | 25 | -47.9% |
| S. William Abel Academy | 15 | 23 | 53.3% |
| Mid Valley High (Continuation) | 19 | 19 | 0% |
| Coastal Buttes Academy | 14 | 14 | 0% |
| Arbuckle Alternative High (Continuation) | 17 | 8 | -52.9% |
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