No UC admissions data on file for Chaparral Prep 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
671 (2018)552 (2026)
-17.7%

If this trend holds (-2.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~539 -13 $0
3 yr (2029) ~513 -39 $0
5 yr (2031) ~489 -63 $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.

Stability rate
85.2%
553 of 649 students

96 of 649 students who enrolled at Chaparral Prep Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (14.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 33rd percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 35th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (584) 86.1%
Hispanic / Latino (529) 85.4%
Students w/ disabilities (132) 84.8%
English learners (128) 82.0%
Black / African Am. (74) 82.4%
White (25) 88.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Space Aeronautics Gateway To Exploration Magnet Academy 76.4% Shadow Hills Engineering And Design Magnet Academy 82.9% Cactus Medical, Health And Technology Magnet Academy 76.7% R Rex Parris High School 23.5% Antelope Valley Learning Academy 52.3%

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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
33.8%
213 of 631 students

Absenteeism is up 21.9 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median
22.7% · school is worse than 79% of 669 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 — Palmdale Elementary (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
$389.7M
+3.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$22,236
17,525 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 65.8%
Local: 12.9%
Federal: 21.2%
Instruction share
53.7%
of current spending · $8,401/pupil
Long-term debt
$144.7M
+8.8% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Palmdale Elementary 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).

Chaparral Prep Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-2.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~513 by 2029 — about 39 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

552 students (2026)
~513 projected (2029)
at -2.4%/yr

That's about 39 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
Chaparral Prep Academy Public 552
Peer-group median 10.0% -39%
Space Aeronautics Gateway To Exploration Magnet Academy Public 715
Shadow Hills Engineering And Design Magnet Academy Public 806
Cactus Medical, Health And Technology Magnet Academy Public 786
R Rex Parris High School Public 418 -39%
Antelope Valley Learning Academy Public 911 -56%
Desert Willow Fine Arts, Science And Technology Magnet Academy Public 826
Desert Sands Charter Public 604 -63%
Desert Winds Continuation High Public 468 -20%
Fulton And Alsbury Academy Of Arts And Engineering Public 419
Palmdale Academy Charter Public 1075 10.0% +1%

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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