Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Centennial High
Public · Los Angeles County · 809 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
20%
Higher than 55% of California high schools
On the peer median (21.3%)
· Ranked #4 of 6 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 9.6%
2025 · 20.3%
-3%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+4.9 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-8%)
~764
5-yr projected enrollment (45 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Centennial High sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #4 of 6): 20% vs. a peer median of 21%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 16 points since 2018.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 3% (211→204 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -0%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. Los Angeles County's senior population shrank 8% over the same window — Centennial High only shrank 3%. So Centennial High picked up about 5 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 (-1.9%/yr), enrollment projects to ~764 by 2029 — about 45 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan High | Public | 27.2% | -28% |
| Lifeline Education Charter Sch | Public | 21.3% | +33% |
| International Studies Learning Center At Legacy High School Complex | Public | — | +18% |
| Alain Leroy Locke College Prep | Public | 14.9% | -30% |
| Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Huntington Park Institute Of Applied Medicine | Public | — | +18% |
| George Washington Preparatory | Public | 17.1% | +27% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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