Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
El Segundo High School
Public · El Segundo · Los Angeles County · 1,177 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
54%
Higher than 91% of California high schools
+30.4 pp above peer median (23.9%)
· Ranked #1 of 11 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 23.3%
2025 · 54.3%
+16%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+24.7 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-8%)
~1171
5-yr projected enrollment (6 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, El Segundo High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 11): 54% vs. a peer median of 24%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 34 points since 2018.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, El Segundo High School is admitting at roughly +5 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (4.025) alone would predict (27% actual vs. 22% 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 16% (260→303 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +3%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-0.2%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1171 by 2029 — about 6 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawndale High School | Public | 29.4% | -29% |
| Da Vinci Connect High School | Public | 13.4% | +161% |
| Inglewood High School | Public | 10.9% | +42% |
| Hawthorne High School | Public | 15.0% | -23% |
| Gardena High School | Public | 13.6% | +5% |
| West High | Public | 44.9% | -11% |
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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