Fairvalley High (continuation)

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No UC admissions data on file for Fairvalley High (continuation).

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)
149 (2018)101 (2026)
-32.2%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
90 (2018)74 (2026)
-17.8%

If this trend holds (-4.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~96 -5 $0
3 yr (2029) ~87 -14 $0
5 yr (2031) ~79 -22 $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
Bleeding from both ends.

Enrollment down 17.8% vs. county -8.2%, AND stability (52.2%) below the county median. Fewer families are choosing the school, and the ones who do aren't staying through year-end. Chronic absenteeism is also at 71.8% (up -4.6 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

-17.8%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-8.2%  Los Angeles County baseline
-9.6pp  gap vs. county
52.2%  retention (county median 87.3%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
52.2%
83 of 159 students

76 of 159 students who enrolled at Fairvalley High (continuation) this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (47.8% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.3% · school is in the 16th percentile of 387 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 18th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (141) 51.8%
Hispanic / Latino (138) 47.8%
Students w/ disabilities (59) 72.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Sierra High 60.4% Coronado High (continuation) 56.2% Whitcomb Continuation High 57.3% North Park Continuation High 29.6% Santana High (continuation) 26.1%

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
71.8%
107 of 149 students

Absenteeism is down 4.6 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Los Angeles County median
25.2% · school is worse than 90% 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).

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

ELA — met or exceeded
n = 40
2.5%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-55.5 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (58.0%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 40
0.0%
incl. 0.0% exceeded
-25.0 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (25.0%) · CA median 21.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

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 81% -1.2
White 10% +1.1
Filipino 4% +3.4
Asian 3%
Black / African Am. 1% -3.4
Not reported 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 76% -7.4
Socioeconomically disadv. 46% +13.8

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 — Covina-Valley 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
$288.7M
+21.0% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$25,479
11,332 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 62.5%
Local: 17.6%
Federal: 19.9%
Instruction share
61.2%
of current spending · $8,669/pupil
Long-term debt
$214.0M
-2.9% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Covina-Valley 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).

Fairvalley High (continuation) — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Senior-class enrollment is down 18% (90→74 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -34%.
  • At its recent rate (-4.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~87 by 2029 — about 14 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

101 students (2026)
~87 projected (2029)
at -4.7%/yr

That's about 14 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
Fairvalley High (continuation) Public 101 -18%
Peer-group median -34%
Sierra High Public 122 -39%
Coronado High (continuation) Public 111 -29%
Whitcomb Continuation High Public 85 +60%
North Park Continuation High Public 147 -43%
Santana High (continuation) Public 79 -51%
Rose City High (continuation) Public 92 -51%
Valley Alternative High (continuation) Public 75 -29%
Mt. Olive Innovation And Technology High Public 55 -56%
Puente Hills High Public 160 +128%
Chaparral High (continuation) Public 58 -24%

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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