No UC admissions data on file for Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Arts/theatre/entertain Mag.

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 (9–12)
472 (2018)267 (2026)
-43.4%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
115 (2018)78 (2026)
-32.2%

If this trend holds (-6.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~249 -18 $0
3 yr (2029) ~216 -51 $0
5 yr (2031) ~187 -80 $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.

Critical
Material decline in demand.

Enrollment -32.2% vs. county -8.2% — losing 3.9× the county rate. Each enrolled family matters more, but the engine of new enrollment is breaking down.

-32.2%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-8.2%  Los Angeles County baseline
-24.0pp  gap vs. county
87.3%  retention (county median 87.3%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
87.3%
275 of 315 students

40 of 315 students who enrolled at Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Arts/theatre/entertain Mag this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (12.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.3% · school is in the 51st percentile of 387 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 51st percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (278) 88.1%
Socio. disadvantaged (271) 87.1%
Students w/ disabilities (63) 82.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Technology Preparatory Academy 80.6% Bert Corona Charter High 86.2% Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Academy Of Scientific Exploration (ase) 84.4% Puc Early College Academy For Leaders And Scholars (ecals) 85.9% Valley International Preparatory High 87.1%

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
25.6%
79 of 308 students

Absenteeism is up 17.6 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median
25.2% · school is worse than 51% 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 = 78
62.8%
incl. 29.5% exceeded
+4.8 pts above Los Angeles County median (58.0%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 69
23.2%
incl. 4.3% exceeded
-1.8 pts vs. 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 90%
White 4% -1.0
Black / African Am. 4%
Two or more 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 84%
Socioeconomically disadv. 10% -3.2

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 — Los Angeles 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
$11112.5M
+8.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$24,124
460,633 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 51.7%
Local: 29.8%
Federal: 18.5%
Instruction share
53.5%
of current spending · $10,061/pupil
Long-term debt
$11908.4M
+4.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Los Angeles 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).

Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Arts/theatre/entertain Mag — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 32% (115→78 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -18%.
  • At its recent rate (-6.9%/yr), enrollment projects to ~216 by 2029 — about 51 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

267 students (2026)
~216 projected (2029)
at -6.9%/yr

That's about 51 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Arts/theatre/entertain Mag Public 267 -32%
Peer-group median 24.7% -18%
Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Technology Preparatory Academy Public 278 -15%
Bert Corona Charter High Public 196 +257%
Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Academy Of Scientific Exploration (ase) Public 397 -17%
Puc Early College Academy For Leaders And Scholars (ecals) Public 191 -33%
Valley International Preparatory High Public 290 -20%
Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Social Justice Humanitas Academy Public 432 -24%
Discovery Charter Prep School Public 176 7.1% -6%
Champs - Charter Hs Of Arts-Multimedia & Performing Public 376 -30%
Puc Lakeview Charter High Public 451 -19%
Sun Valley Magnet School Public 387 42.2% +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 →

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