Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Herbert Hoover High
Public · Los Angeles County · 1,584 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
14%
Higher than 36% of California high schools
-13.0 pp vs. peer median (26.9%)
· Ranked #10 of 11 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 19.7%
2025 · 13.9%
-3%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+4.9 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-8%)
~1565
5-yr projected enrollment (19 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Herbert Hoover High sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #10 of 11): 14% vs. a peer median of 27%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 3 points since 2018.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 3% (391→378 from 2018 to 2026), tracking the peer-group median of -5%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. Los Angeles County's senior population shrank 8% over the same window — Herbert Hoover High only shrank 3%. So Herbert Hoover High picked up about 5 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
- ▸At its recent rate (-0.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1565 by 2029 — about 19 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Marshall High School | Public | 28.0% | -14% |
| Glendale High School | Public | 9.7% | -16% |
| Ulysses S Grant High School | Public | 25.8% | -3% |
| South Pasadena High School | Public | 46.2% | +3% |
| Fairfax High School | Public | 28.3% | -28% |
| Eagle Rock High School | Public | 35.2% | -22% |
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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