International Polytechnic Hs
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Fremont Academy Of Engineering And Design → School of Arts and Enterprise → Ganesha High School → Edgewood High School → William Workman High → Compare all similar →Enrollment trend & projection
If this trend holds (-2.2%/yr, Total enrollment)
At per-pupil funding of $ / student:
| Horizon | Projected Total enrollment | Change | Funding impact / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr (2027) | ~447 | -10 | $0 |
| 3 yr (2029) | ~427 | -30 | $0 |
| 5 yr (2031) | ~408 | -49 | $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.
Families who enroll at International Polytechnic Hs stay (95.5% stability — elite). But enrollment is dropping 2.1× the county rate (school -17.0% vs. county -8.2%). The audit question isn't why students leave — it's why fewer families are choosing to enroll in the first place.
21 of 469 students who enrolled at International Polytechnic Hs this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (4.5% 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.
Absenteeism is up 6.5 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.
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.
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
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 County Office of Education (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: 39.1%
Federal: 40.0%
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 County Office of Education 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).
+17.6 pp above peer median (13.2%) · Ranked #1 of 7 similar schools
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30.8%
Higher than 74% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)
International Polytechnic Hs's UC Reach of 30.8% is above the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.
For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 102.7% — a gap of 72 pp from where this school sits.
Overall, International Polytechnic Hs's UC Reach is higher than 74% of California high schools (1105 ranked).
International Polytechnic Hs — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot
Public · Pomona · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools
- ▸On UC Reach, International Polytechnic Hs sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 7): 31% vs. a peer median of 13%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 12 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 17% (141→117 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -22%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-2.2%/yr), enrollment projects to ~427 by 2029 — about 30 fewer students than today.
Enrollment projection
That's about 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Polytechnic Hs | Public | 457 | 30.8% | -17% |
| Peer-group median | 13.2% | -22% | ||
| Fremont Academy Of Engineering And Design | Public | 574 | — | -55% |
| School of Arts and Enterprise | Public | 621 | 12.5% | -12% |
| Ganesha High School | Public | 799 | 14.0% | -1% |
| Edgewood High School | Public | 649 | 14.4% | -9% |
| William Workman High | Public | 680 | 8.2% | -43% |
| Mt. Sac Early College Academy At West Covina | Public | 265 | — | -21% |
| Bassett High School | Public | 703 | 12.3% | -25% |
| Park West High (continuation) | Public | 219 | — | +1% |
| LA Puente High School | Public | 753 | 15.1% | -27% |
| Village Academy High School At Indian Hill | Public | 248 | — | -23% |
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 →
Admit rate vs. CA peer average, by campus ⓘ
How does this school's admit rate at each UC compare to other CA schools whose applicant pool averages the same GPA?
| Campus | Applicant GPA (avg) | Actual admit rate | CA peer avg | Δ | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | 3.81 | 10.9% | 9.0% | +1.9pp | On target |
| UC San Diego | 3.79 | 18.8% | 25.2% | -6.5pp | Under |
| UC Santa Barbara | 3.82 | 16.7% | 26.8% | -10.1pp | Under |
| UC Irvine | 3.77 | 17.2% | 19.1% | -1.9pp | On target |
| UC Davis | 3.81 | 36.8% | 32.0% | +4.8pp | On target |
Where International Polytechnic Hs sits vs. all California schools ⓘ
Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (17.9% actual vs. 20.6% expected).
UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025
Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.
Campus Breakdown — 2025
| Campus | Applicants | Admits | Enrollees | Admit Rate | UC Reach | Yield | Avg GPA (App) | Avg GPA (Adm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Berkeley → Elite | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.76 | — |
| UCLA → Elite | 46 | 5 | 5 | 10.9% | 4.3% | 100.0% | 3.81 | 4.06 |
| UC San Diego → Selective | 48 | 9 | — | 18.8% | 7.7% | — | 3.79 | 4.09 |
| UC Santa Barbara → Selective | 30 | 5 | — | 16.7% | 4.3% | — | 3.82 | 4.15 |
| UC Irvine → Selective | 58 | 10 | 4 | 17.2% | 8.5% | 40.0% | 3.77 | 3.97 |
| UC Davis → | 19 | 7 | — | 36.8% | 6.0% | — | 3.81 | 3.99 |