Compton Community Day High

· Los Angeles County · Compton Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Compton Community Day High.

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)
8 (2018)7 (2026)
-12.5%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
3 (2018)2 (2026)
-33.3%

If this trend holds (-1.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~7 +0 $0
3 yr (2029) ~7 +0 $0
5 yr (2031) ~6 -1 $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
Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -33.3% vs. county -8.2% AND stability (15.0%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 100.0% (up +14.6 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-33.3%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-8.2%  Los Angeles County baseline
-25.1pp  gap vs. county
15.0%  retention (county median 87.3%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
15.0%
3 of 20 students

17 of 20 students who enrolled at Compton Community Day High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (85.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.3% · school is in the 3rd percentile of 387 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 1st percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (20) 15.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Eagle Tree Continuation 30.0% Thomas Riley High 19.1% Ellington (duke) High (continuation) 20.0% Moneta Continuation 18.6% Simon Rodia Continuation 21.5%

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
100.0%
13 of 13 students

Absenteeism is up 14.6 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 100% 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).

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 100% +50.0

Program subgroups

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 — Compton 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
$543.8M
+64.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$28,351
19,179 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 48.5%
Local: 12.6%
Federal: 38.9%
Instruction share
55.5%
of current spending · $8,962/pupil
Long-term debt
$270.9M
+348.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Compton 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).

Compton Community Day High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 33% (3→2 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -25%.

Enrollment projection

7 students (2026)
~7 projected (2029)
at -1.7%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Compton Community Day High Public 7 -33%
Peer-group median 9.5% -25%
Eagle Tree Continuation Public 18 -86%
Thomas Riley High Public 29 -81%
Ellington (duke) High (continuation) Public 33 -18%
Moneta Continuation Public 58 +50%
Simon Rodia Continuation Public 60 -62%
Boys Academic Leadership Academy Public 65 +33%
New Millennium Secondary Schl Public 96 -26%
University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy Public 93 +64%
Shery (kurt T.) High (continuation) Public 91 -24%
University Pathways Public Service Academy Public 100 9.5% -27%

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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