Academies Of Education And Empowerment At Carson High

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No UC admissions data on file for Academies Of Education And Empowerment At Carson High.

This school doesn't appear in UCOP's source-school records (it may send few or no applicants to UC). Its enrollment trend and similar-school comparison are still below.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
561 (2018)476 (2026)
-15.2%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
154 (2018)122 (2026)
-20.8%

If this trend holds (-2.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~466 -10 $0
3 yr (2029) ~448 -28 $0
5 yr (2031) ~430 -46 $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.

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

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

Critical
Sharp demand downturn hidden by elite retention.

Academies Of Education And Empowerment At Carson High's enrollment is shrinking 2.5× the county rate (school -20.8% vs. county -8.2%). Stability of 91.7% means every family you keep is one fewer; the leverage is at recruitment, not retention. This is the case the high stability number alone would hide.

-20.8%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-8.2%  Los Angeles County baseline
-12.6pp  gap vs. county
91.7%  retention (county median 87.3%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
91.7%
453 of 494 students

41 of 494 students who enrolled at Academies Of Education And Empowerment At Carson High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (8.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.3% · school is in the 73rd percentile of 387 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 74th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (389) 90.7%
Hispanic / Latino (301) 91.7%
Students w/ disabilities (73) 94.5%
Black / African Am. (61) 85.2%
Filipino (46) 95.7%
Pacific Islander (33) 97.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Academy of Medical Arts at Carson 91.8% Dr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy 99.3% Magnolia Science Academy 3 89.5% Environmental Charter High - Gardena 91.1% Environmental Charter High - Lawndale 95.2%

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.

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
17.9%
87 of 487 students

Absenteeism is up 10.5 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median
25.2% · school is better than 71% of 381 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).

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 = 120
59.2%
incl. 21.7% exceeded
+1.2 pts above Los Angeles County median (58.0%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 120
15.8%
incl. 4.2% exceeded
-9.2 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (25.0%) · 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 — 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 63% +5.2
Black / African Am. 12%
Filipino 7% -5.0
Pacific Islander 5%
White 5% +1.2
Asian 4%
Two or more 3%
Not reported 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 83% +6.3
Socioeconomically disadv. 17% +2.2

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.

District financial profile — Los Angeles Unified (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
$11112.5M
+8.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$24,124
460,633 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 51.7%
Local: 29.8%
Federal: 18.5%
Instruction share
53.5%
of current spending · $10,061/pupil
Long-term debt
$11908.4M
+4.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Los Angeles Unified 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).

Academies Of Education And Empowerment At Carson High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 21% (154→122 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of +5%.
  • At its recent rate (-2.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~448 by 2029 — about 28 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

476 students (2026)
~448 projected (2029)
at -2.0%/yr

That's about 28 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Academies Of Education And Empowerment At Carson High Public 476 -21%
Peer-group median 28.6% +5%
Academy of Medical Arts at Carson Public 466 28.6% +4%
Dr. Richard A. Vladovic Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy Public 461 +24%
Magnolia Science Academy 3 Public 395 6.0% +26%
Environmental Charter High - Gardena Public 446 -13%
Environmental Charter High - Lawndale Public 517 53.3% +6%
Rancho Dominguez Prep School Public 594 18.8% -8%
Compton Early College High Sch Public 539 54.9% +85%
Renaissance High School For The Arts Public 404 +20%
Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy Public 550 -4%
California Academy Of Mathematics And Science Public 662 -4%

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 →

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