California Iinspire Academy

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No UC admissions data on file for California Iinspire 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
603 (2018)671 (2026)
+11.3%

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) ~680 +9 $0
3 yr (2029) ~698 +27 $0
5 yr (2031) ~717 +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 Orange County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
94.0%
685 of 729 students

44 of 729 students who enrolled at California Iinspire Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (6.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Orange County median
91.8% · school is in the 74th percentile of 144 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 82nd percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (677) 94.2%
Socio. disadvantaged (612) 94.4%
English learners (311) 95.5%
Students w/ disabilities (79) 93.7%
White (24) 91.7%

Nearest peer high schools

Orange County Educational Arts Academy 98.6% Sierra Preparatory Academy 0.0% Ball Junior High 85.5% Roosevelt Walker Academy 88.1% Scholarship Prep - Orange County 90.2%

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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
6.5%
47 of 718 students

Absenteeism is up 3.3 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Orange County median
16.4% · school is better than 92% of 143 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 — Orange 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
$400.1M
+17.8% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$15,739
25,420 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 35.2%
Local: 54.3%
Federal: 10.5%
Instruction share
54.5%
of current spending · $7,774/pupil
Long-term debt
$199.1M
-9.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Orange 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).

California Iinspire Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+1.3%/yr); projects to ~698 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

671 students (2026)
~698 projected (2029)
at +1.3%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
California Iinspire Academy Public 671
Peer-group median 100.0% +472%
Orange County Educational Arts Academy Public 663
Sierra Preparatory Academy Public 621
Ball Junior High Public 714
Roosevelt Walker Academy Public 598
Scholarship Prep - Orange County Public 571
Orange County Classical Academy Public 861
Ladera Vista Junior High School Of The Arts Public 731
Polaris High School Public 727 +687%
Romero-Cruz Academy Public 763
Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana Public 586 100.0% +257%

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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