Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Artesia High School
Public · Lakewood · Los Angeles County · 1,317 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
12%
Higher than 29% of California high schools
-6.2 pp vs. peer median (18.6%)
· Ranked #8 of 10 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 12.5%
2025 · 12.4%
-1%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+7.3 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-8%)
~1260
5-yr projected enrollment (57 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Artesia High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #8 of 10): 12% vs. a peer median of 19%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 4 points since 2018.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Artesia High School is admitting at roughly +6 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.742) alone would predict (26% actual vs. 20% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 1% (348→345 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -14%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. Los Angeles County's senior population shrank 8% over the same window — Artesia High School only shrank 1%. So Artesia High School picked up about 7 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
- ▸At its recent rate (-1.5%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1260 by 2029 — about 57 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Academy | Public | 84.1% | -4% |
| Western High School | Public | 12.7% | -24% |
| Gahr (richard) High | Public | — | -26% |
| Rancho Alamitos High School | Public | 20.4% | -17% |
| Savanna High School | Public | 10.8% | -23% |
| Gretchen Whitney High School | Public | 126.1% | +4% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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