Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Eastside High School
Public · Lancaster · Los Angeles County · 2,616 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
9%
Higher than 14% of California high schools
-1.8 pp vs. peer median (10.4%)
· Ranked #8 of 10 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 11.1%
2025 · 8.6%
+21%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+28.8 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-8%)
~2727
5-yr projected enrollment (+1.4%/yr)
- ▸On UC Reach, Eastside High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #8 of 10): 9% vs. a peer median of 10%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has held roughly steady since 2018.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Eastside High School is admitting at roughly +8 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.717) alone would predict (28% actual vs. 20% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 21% (557→672 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -2%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+1.4%/yr); projects to ~2727 by 2029.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assurance Learning Academy | Public | — | -8% |
| Lancaster High School | Public | 7.5% | +26% |
| Highland High | Public | 9.8% | -4% |
| Palmdale Aerospace Academy | Public | 21.5% | +30% |
| William J Pete Knight High Sch | Public | 15.1% | -14% |
| Palmdale High School | Public | 10.4% | -13% |
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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