Calculating React element height before mounting - reactjs

I have a set of items which are rendered into a list. Each item will have a different height when rendered. I need to know item's height in advance before it's mounted into the DOM. So the container should know height of each item it's rendering before they're rendered :)
Is it possible to calculate the height of React element before inserting it into the DOM, dynamically?

I guess you can't get the elements's height before they are rendered because The DOM API can't give you the height of elements it doesn't even know yet.
Are all the different heights totally random ? If not, you could make a guess based on the props object of each element.

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Here's a prototype of the design: https://cln.sh/sNhueq
In this prototype, the box on the right is sticky so it stays on the screen. And the list on the left moves as we scroll. I want to know when a list item crosses that red line so I can change the content of the box.
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