Emerson Parkside Academy

· Los Angeles County · Long Beach Unified
Public Los Angeles County 🏛 Long Beach Unified → CDS 1964725…
📄 Shareable scorecard →

Compare with peers

Most similar nearby schools

Richard D Browning High School → Educational Partnership Hs → Renaissance High School For The Arts → Lindbergh Stem Academy → Eunice Sato Academy Of Math & Science → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for Emerson Parkside 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
513 (2018)371 (2026)
-27.7%

If this trend holds (-4.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~356 -15 $0
3 yr (2029) ~329 -42 $0
5 yr (2031) ~303 -68 $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
97.8%
351 of 359 students

8 of 359 students who enrolled at Emerson Parkside Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (2.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 97th percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 98th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

White (143) 99.3%
Hispanic / Latino (114) 95.6%
Students w/ disabilities (101) 97.0%
Socio. disadvantaged (100) 94.0%
Two or more races (45) 97.8%
Asian (30) 100.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Richard D Browning High School 77.8% Educational Partnership Hs 37.1% Renaissance High School For The Arts 89.6% Lindbergh Stem Academy 88.4% Eunice Sato Academy Of Math & Science 96.6%

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
10.9%
39 of 358 students

Absenteeism is up 5.6 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 better than 89% 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 — Long Beach 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
$1266.5M
+8.2% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$18,245
69,413 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 62.0%
Local: 24.9%
Federal: 13.2%
Instruction share
61.9%
of current spending · $8,669/pupil
Long-term debt
$1410.6M
+13.9% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Long Beach 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).

Emerson Parkside Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-4.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~329 by 2029 — about 42 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

371 students (2026)
~329 projected (2029)
at -4.0%/yr

That's about 42 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
Emerson Parkside Academy Public 371
Peer-group median 51.4% -4%
Richard D Browning High School Public 336 -14%
Educational Partnership Hs Public 311 -65%
Renaissance High School For The Arts Public 404 +20%
Lindbergh Stem Academy Public 419
Eunice Sato Academy Of Math & Science Public 576 +15%
Odyssey STEM Academy Public 256 42.1% -22%
Abraham Lincoln High School Public 501 110.0% -4%
Intellectual Virtues Academy Of Long Beach Public 247
Ernest S Mcbride Sr High Schl Public 649 51.4% -1%
Dr. Albert Schweitzer Leadership Academy Public 524

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 →

Is your school winning the families it should?

An Enrollment Trend Audit benchmarks your enrollment against nearby schools, shows who's gaining and losing families, and lays out a plan to make families choose you — built around the outcomes your families value. Built for principals, heads of school, and district leaders.

Request an Enrollment Trend Audit →