Science Academy STEM Magnet
North Hollywood · CA · Los Angeles Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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East Valley Senior High → Oakwood School → Amelia Earhart Continuation → North Hollywood Senior High → Brighton Hall School → Valley Torah High School Girls' Division → Berenece Carlson Home Hospital → Yeshiva Ner Aryeh →📋 At a glance
- 📚 14 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 5 calculus classes · 5 physics · 4 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 73th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 20% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Science Academy STEM Magnet compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 73th percentile nationally with 14 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: East Valley Senior High, Oakwood School, Amelia Earhart Continuation and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
73th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 20% by test-taker volume
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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +6.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 536 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $24,124 per student in district revenue, the 200 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $4,824,800/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Valley Senior High North Hollywood |
Public | 0.0 | 558 | +14.1% |
| Oakwood School North Hollywood |
Private | 0.9 | 832 | +2.0% |
| Amelia Earhart Continuation North Hollywood |
Public | 1.0 | 69 | — |
| North Hollywood Senior High North Hollywood |
Public | 1.0 | 2,444 | -4.3% |
| Brighton Hall School Burbank |
Private | 1.6 | 66 | +0.0% |
| Valley Torah High School Girls' Division Valley Village |
Private | 1.6 | 90 | — |
| Berenece Carlson Home Hospital North Hollywood |
Public | 1.6 | 152 | -39.7% |
| Yeshiva Ner Aryeh Valley Village |
Private | 1.9 | 22 | — |