Highland Elementary

· Los Angeles County · Inglewood Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Highland Elementary.

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
588 (2018)323 (2025)
-45.1%

If this trend holds (-8.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2026) ~297 -26 $0
3 yr (2028) ~250 -73 $0
5 yr (2030) ~211 -112 $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
78.3%
292 of 373 students

81 of 373 students who enrolled at Highland Elementary this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (21.7% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 16th percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 20th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (358) 79.6%
Hispanic / Latino (185) 78.4%
Black / African Am. (163) 79.8%
English learners (89) 76.4%
Students w/ disabilities (53) 83.0%

Nearest peer high schools

Icef View Park Preparatory High 84.5% City Honors International Preparatory High 92.0% Libertas College Preparatory Charter 94.6% Animo City Of Champions Charter High 81.0% Open Charter Magnet 95.2%

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
44.9%
162 of 361 students

Absenteeism is up 31.6 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 worse 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 — Inglewood 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
$195.3M
+11.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$24,562
7,950 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 44.5%
Local: 40.0%
Federal: 15.5%
Instruction share
57.3%
of current spending · $9,164/pupil
Long-term debt
$155.4M
+50.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Inglewood 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).

Highland Elementary — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-8.2%/yr), enrollment projects to ~250 by 2028 — about 73 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

323 students (2025)
~250 projected (2028)
at -8.2%/yr

That's about 73 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
Highland Elementary Public 323
Peer-group median 12.8% -27%
Icef View Park Preparatory High Public 319 3.7% -42%
City Honors International Preparatory High Public 284 -12%
Libertas College Preparatory Charter Public 326
Animo City Of Champions Charter High Public 306 -50%
Open Charter Magnet Public 380
Crete Academy Public 284
Icef Inglewood Elementary Charter Academy Public 383
Teach Tech Charter High School Public 345 21.9% +122%
Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy Public 354
Environmental Charter Middle - Inglewood Public 360

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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