California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley

· Los Angeles County · Duarte Unified
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
406 (2018)1,022 (2026)
+151.7%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
90 (2019)245 (2026)
+172.2%

If this trend holds (+12.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~1,147 +125 $0
3 yr (2029) ~1,445 +423 $0
5 yr (2031) ~1,820 +798 $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.

Healthy
Best in class — winning on demand and retention.

California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley outperformed Los Angeles County on enrollment (school +172.2% vs. county -8.1%) AND maintains 95.4% stability. Replicable model — worth documenting what's working.

+172.2%  school enrollment (2019–2026)
-8.1%  Los Angeles County baseline
+180.3pp  gap vs. county
95.4%  retention (county median 87.3%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2019
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
95.4%
950 of 996 students

46 of 996 students who enrolled at California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (4.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.3% · school is in the 89th percentile of 387 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 91st percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (372) 96.2%
Socio. disadvantaged (249) 94.8%
White (231) 95.7%
Students w/ disabilities (136) 94.1%
Asian (130) 95.4%
Two or more races (106) 95.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Covina High School 90.9% Mountain View High School 85.4% Northview High School 93.4% Duarte High School 91.9% San Marino High School 96.3%

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
11.9%
118 of 990 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

Los Angeles County median
25.2% · school is better than 89% 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 = 240
86.7%
incl. 55.4% exceeded
★ Top 10% CA
+28.7 pts above Los Angeles County median (58.0%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 240
50.4%
incl. 22.5% exceeded
+25.4 pts above 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 36% -2.8
White 26% +2.3
Asian 15% +2.8
Two or more 12% +1.0
Not reported 6% -3.6
Filipino 3%
Black / African Am. 2%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 34% +14.5
Socioeconomically disadv. 12%

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 — Duarte 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
$63.7M
+6.8% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$19,282
3,301 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 55.0%
Local: 33.4%
Federal: 11.6%
Instruction share
60.2%
of current spending · $9,025/pupil
Long-term debt
$100.0M
+0.5% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Duarte 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).

University of California outcomes · Class of 2024
UC Reach
50%
126 admits / 254 seniors
+31.5 pp above peer median (18.1%) · Ranked #3 of 11 similar schools
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.6%
Top 10%
53.4%
This school
49.6%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.6% Top 10% ≥ 53.4% This school 49.6%

Higher than 88% of California high schools (1142 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley's UC Reach of 49.6% is in the top quartile statewide (median 18.6%; top 25% bar 34.2%) — but it's still below the top-10% bar of 53.4%.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 95.1% — a gap of 45 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley's UC Reach is higher than 88% of California high schools (1142 ranked).

UC Application Reach
184.3%
468 applications
Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).
In context: CA median 79.7% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 243.8% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 246.2% · higher than 81% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
26.9%
126 / 468 applications
In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.9% · higher than 52% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
16.7%
21 enrolled of 126 admitted
Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.
UC Enrollment Reach
8.3%
21 enrollees / 254 seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.
A-G Completion
86%
203 of 236 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · +30.1 pp above · Los Angeles Co. 68.2%.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
41.3
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.8 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.3 · higher than 90% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
8.7
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.6 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 12.1 · higher than 80% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
254
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
935
All grades · CDE Census Day

California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 11): 50% vs. a peer median of 18%.
  • Senior-class enrollment is up 172% (90→245 from 2019 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -14%.
  • Enrollment has been growing (+12.2%/yr); projects to ~1445 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

1022 students (2026)
~1445 projected (2029)
at +12.2%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley Public 1022 49.6% +172%
Peer-group median 18.1% -14%
Covina High School Public 1001 21.8% -13%
Mountain View High School Public 1124 113.6% -9%
Northview High School Public 1236 15.6% -7%
Duarte High School Public 692 17.5% -1%
San Marino High School Public 961 72.2% -27%
Monrovia High School Public 1355 12.2% -14%
South El Monte High School Public 1080 18.8% -1%
Baldwin Park High School Public 1344 9.7% -17%
Pasadena High School Public 1197 27.1% -20%
Charter Oak High School Public 1241 15.3% -18%

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 →

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 45 11 24.4% 4.3%
UCLA → Elite 107 11 6 10.3% 4.3% 54.5%
UC San Diego → Selective 90 33 4 36.7% 13.0% 12.1%
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 63 21 33.3% 8.3%
UC Irvine → Selective 105 29 11 27.6% 11.4% 37.9%
UC Davis → 58 21 36.2% 8.3%
⚠ Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once. Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.
A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.
UC Reach is very strong — more than 50% of seniors are earning UC admission. This places the school among California's highest-performing high schools on this metric.
Strong UC Reach paired with low yield: students are earning UC admission at high rates and then enrolling elsewhere. The pattern is characteristic of competitive college-preparatory schools where many students choose more selective private colleges or out-of-state flagships over UC — UC functions as a strong backup option rather than a first choice.
The school generates broad UC access, but fewer students are reaching the most selective UC campuses (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI). Targeted academic enrichment and campus-fit advising may help.
Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.
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