John Glenn High School

Norwalk · Los Angeles County
Public Los Angeles County ~198 seniors
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)
1,322 (2018)819 (2026)
-38.0%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
294 (2018)194 (2026)
-34.0%

If this trend holds (-5.8%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~771 -48 $0
3 yr (2029) ~684 -135 $0
5 yr (2031) ~607 -212 $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.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
16%
32 admits / 198 seniors
-20.7 pp vs. peer median (36.9%) · Ranked #7 of 9 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 10.2% 2025 · 16.2%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.5%
Peer median
36.9%
Top 10%
53.3%
This school
16.2%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.5% Top 10% ≥ 53.3% This school 16.2%

Higher than 45% of California high schools (1105 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

John Glenn High School's UC Reach of 16.2% is below the California median (18.5%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 53.3% or higher.

Against similar schools, John Glenn High School trails the peer-group median (36.9%) — even though it looks strong vs. the state average.

Overall, John Glenn High School's UC Reach is higher than 45% of California high schools (1105 ranked).

UC Application Reach
63.6%
126 applications
In context: CA median 78.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 245.8% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.7% · higher than 40% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
25.4%
32 / 126 applications
In context: CA median 26.0% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 46% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 32 admitted
Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.
UC Enrollment Reach
N/A
None enrollees / 198 seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.
UC 6-Yr Grad Rate
82%
59% finished in 4 yrs · N=22 entered 2013
In context: CA median 87.9% · -6.1 pp vs. median.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
13.1
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.7 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 42.4 · higher than 42% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
1.5
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.5 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 11.1 · higher than 16% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
198
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
882
All grades · CDE Census Day

John Glenn High School — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Norwalk · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, John Glenn High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #7 of 9): 16% vs. a peer median of 37%.
  • Its UC Reach has risen 7 points since 2018.
  • Across the top-6 UC campuses, John Glenn High School is admitting at roughly +9 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.681) alone would predict (33% actual vs. 23% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
  • Senior-class enrollment is down 34% (294→194 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -2%.
  • At its recent rate (-5.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~684 by 2029 — about 135 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

819 students (2026)
~684 projected (2029)
at -5.8%/yr

That's about 135 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
John Glenn High School Public 819 16.2% -34%
Peer-group median 36.9% -2%
Gretchen Whitney High School Public 1009 126.1% +4%
Pioneer High Public 945 22.3% -27%
International Studies Learning Center At Legacy High School Complex Public 847 +18%
Ernest S Mcbride Sr High Schl Public 649 51.4% -1%
Artesia High School Public 1317 12.4% -1%
Elizabeth Learning Center Public 1127 16.2% -8%
Theodore Roosevelt Senior High Public 527 21.3% -3%
Abraham Lincoln High School Public 501 110.0% -4%
Oxford Academy Public 1353 84.1% -4%
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts And Mathematics At Legacy High School Complex Public 509 +9%

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 →

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
3.70
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.00

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
UC Berkeley 3.63 20.0% 14.5% +5.5pp Over
UC San Diego 3.72 40.9% 27.5% +13.4pp Over
UC Santa Barbara 3.54 80.0% 32.2% +47.8pp Over
UC Irvine 3.68 17.6% 17.5% +0.2pp On target
UC Davis 3.76 35.3% 32.0% +3.3pp On target
"Applicant GPA" is the average GPA of this school's UC applicant pool — not an individual student GPA. "CA peer avg" is the application-weighted statewide admit rate at this school-pool GPA, fit separately per campus. At any given pool GPA, real admit rates span widely (UCSD ranges 8% → 65% across CA schools) because UCs use comprehensive review — context-of-opportunity, geography, demographics, and applicant essays all weigh in beyond GPA. A large negative residual flags this school is admitted at a meaningfully lower rate than other CA schools at the same pool GPA — not that students here were "rejected at expected rate X." "Over" / "Under" use a ±5-point band. Campuses with fewer than 5 applicants are omitted.

Where John Glenn High School sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 9.3 points above what their GPAs predict (32.7% actual vs. 23.3% expected).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %
UC Reach % (where available)
UC Admits (count, right axis)

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 15 3 20.0% 1.5% 3.63
UCLA → Elite 28 3.78
UC San Diego → Selective 22 9 40.9% 4.5% 3.72 4.08
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 10 8 80.0% 4.0% 3.54 3.83
UC Irvine → Selective 34 6 17.6% 3.0% 3.68 4.09
UC Davis → 17 6 35.3% 3.0% 3.76 4.01
⚠ Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once. Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.
A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.
UC Reach has improved meaningfully compared to the prior year — a positive trajectory worth monitoring and reinforcing.
Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.
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