No UC admissions data on file for Ace Inspire Academy.

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
256 (2018)230 (2026)
-10.2%

If this trend holds (-1.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~227 -3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~221 -9 $0
5 yr (2031) ~215 -15 $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 Santa Clara County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
83.9%
188 of 224 students

36 of 224 students who enrolled at Ace Inspire Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (16.1% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Santa Clara County median
90.3% · school is in the 21st percentile of 102 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 30th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (217) 84.3%
Socio. disadvantaged (199) 83.9%
English learners (156) 84.0%
Students w/ disabilities (42) 90.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Downtown College Preparatory Middle 89.6% Learning In An Urban Community With High Achievement (l.u.c.h.a.) 82.2% Ace Empower Academy 90.5% Foothill High 55.4% Voices College-Bound Language Academy At Mt. Pleasant 84.4%

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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
24.9%
53 of 213 students

Absenteeism is up 15.9 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Santa Clara County median
18.9% · school is worse than 64% of 100 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
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).

District financial profile — San Jose 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
$510.7M
+14.4% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,617
27,430 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 25.4%
Local: 68.0%
Federal: 6.6%
Instruction share
56.0%
of current spending · $8,277/pupil
Long-term debt
$607.0M
-0.6% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 San Jose 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).

Ace Inspire Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-1.3%/yr), enrollment projects to ~221 by 2029 — about 9 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

230 students (2026)
~221 projected (2029)
at -1.3%/yr

That's about 9 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
Ace Inspire Academy Public 230
Peer-group median 14.0% -15%
Downtown College Preparatory Middle Public 231
Learning In An Urban Community With High Achievement (l.u.c.h.a.) Public 209
Ace Empower Academy Public 213
Foothill High Public 217 -36%
Voices College-Bound Language Academy At Mt. Pleasant Public 236
Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock Public 202 -21%
B. Roberto Cruz Leadership Academy Public 215 -10%
Luis Valdez Leadership Academy Public 261 14.0% +6%
Rocketship Si Se Puede Academy Public 270
College Connection Academy Public 264

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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