Harold Mcalister High (opportunity)
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Boyle Heights Continuation → Ramona Opportunity High → Frida Kahlo High School → Metropolitan Continuation → Pueblo De Los Angeles Continuation → Compare all similar →No UC admissions data on file for Harold Mcalister High (opportunity).
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
If this trend holds (-19.0%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~19 | -5 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~13 | -11 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~8 | -16 | $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.
Enrollment -90.0% vs. county -8.2% AND stability (27.6%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem. Chronic absenteeism is also at 95.6% (up -1.3 pts from 2016-17) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.
42 of 58 students who enrolled at Harold Mcalister High (opportunity) this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (72.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
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.
Roughly one in three students is chronically absent. A floor this high signals systemic engagement problems beyond what any single intervention can fix.
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
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 — Los Angeles 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.
Local: 29.8%
Federal: 18.5%
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 Los Angeles 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).
Harold Mcalister High (opportunity) — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 90% (30→3 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -24%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-19.0%/yr), enrollment projects to ~13 by 2029 — about 11 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Mcalister High (opportunity) | Public | 24 | — | -90% |
| Peer-group median | — | -24% | ||
| Boyle Heights Continuation | Public | 29 | — | +0% |
| Ramona Opportunity High | Public | 14 | — | -80% |
| Frida Kahlo High School | Public | 60 | — | -42% |
| Metropolitan Continuation | Public | 62 | — | +29% |
| Pueblo De Los Angeles Continuation | Public | 63 | — | +22% |
| New Village Girls Academy | Public | 77 | — | -22% |
| Harris Newmark Continuation | Public | 115 | — | -56% |
| Central High | Public | 153 | — | -71% |
| Collegiate Charter High School Of Los Angeles | Public | 161 | — | -3% |
| Alliance Tennenbaum Family Technology High | Public | 174 | — | -26% |
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 →