Highland Oaks Elementary

· Los Angeles County · Arcadia Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Highland Oaks 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
693 (2018)671 (2026)
-3.2%

If this trend holds (-0.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~668 -3 $0
3 yr (2029) ~663 -8 $0
5 yr (2031) ~658 -13 $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
94.0%
638 of 679 students

41 of 679 students who enrolled at Highland Oaks Elementary this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (6.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 81st percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 82nd percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Asian (425) 93.4%
Socio. disadvantaged (155) 85.2%
English learners (130) 87.7%
Hispanic / Latino (98) 92.9%
Students w/ disabilities (69) 92.8%
White (59) 91.5%

Nearest peer high schools

Duarte High School 91.9% Royal Oaks Steam Academy (k-8) 92.3% Maxwell Academy (pk-8) 92.6% Edgewood High School 89.2% Bassett High School 90.8%

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
4.3%
29 of 677 students

Low and stable absenteeism — students are engaged and showing up. The leading indicator is healthy.

Los Angeles County median
22.7% · school is better than 97% 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 — Arcadia 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
$139.2M
+9.4% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$15,560
8,946 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 35.2%
Local: 56.3%
Federal: 8.5%
Instruction share
62.4%
of current spending · $8,321/pupil
Long-term debt
$248.6M
+13.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($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 Arcadia 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 Oaks Elementary — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-0.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~663 by 2029 — about 8 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

671 students (2026)
~663 projected (2029)
at -0.4%/yr

That's about 8 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 Oaks Elementary Public 671
Peer-group median 17.5% -9%
Duarte High School Public 692 17.5% -1%
Royal Oaks Steam Academy (k-8) Public 747
Maxwell Academy (pk-8) Public 528
Edgewood High School Public 649 14.4% -9%
Bassett High School Public 703 12.3% -25%
Bp Stem Academy Public 541
San Marino High School Public 961 72.2% -27%
Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (pk-8) Public 440
California School Of The Arts - San Gabriel Valley Public 1022 49.6% +172%
Bradoaks Elementary Science Academy Public 397

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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