Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Cerritos High School
Public · Cerritos · Los Angeles County · 1,954 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
48%
Higher than 88% of California high schools
+35.1 pp above peer median (13.3%)
· Ranked #1 of 10 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 30.3%
2025 · 48.4%
-1%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+7.6 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-8%)
~1873
5-yr projected enrollment (81 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Cerritos High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 10): 48% vs. a peer median of 13%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 14 points since 2018.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 1% (536→533 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 — Cerritos High School only shrank 1%. So Cerritos High School picked up about 8 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 (-1.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1873 by 2029 — about 81 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F Kennedy High School | Public | 13.3% | -13% |
| Norwalk High School | Public | 11.0% | -6% |
| Bellflower High School | Public | 15.0% | -13% |
| Lakewood High School | Public | 11.9% | -26% |
| Gahr (richard) High | Public | — | -26% |
| Mayfair High School | Public | 10.0% | +1% |
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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